Table 3

Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of colon cancer with the nearest centroid classifier based on the levels of 10, 25, 50, 100 or 206 metabolites.

number of metabolites in the classifier
sensitivity
specificity

10
96%
94%
25
96%
89%
50
93%
94%
100
93%
100%
206
93%
94%

Denkert et al. Molecular Cancer 2008 7:72   doi:10.1186/1476-4598-7-72