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Should Cut-Off Values of the Risk of Malignancy Index be Changed for Evaluation of Adnexal Masses in Asian and Pacific Populations?

  • Yavuzcan, Ali (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine) ;
  • Caglar, Mete (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine) ;
  • Ozgu, Emre (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Ustun, Yusuf (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine) ;
  • Dilbaz, Serdar (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine) ;
  • Ozdemir, Ismail (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medicana International Istanbul Hospital) ;
  • Yildiz, Elif (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine) ;
  • Gungor, Tayfun (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Kumru, Selahattin (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine)
  • Published : 2013.09.30
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Abstract

Background: The risk of malignancy index (RMI) for the evaluation of adnexal masses is a sensitive tool in certain populations. The best cut off value for RMI 1, 2 and 3 is 200. The cut off value of RMI-4 to differentiate benign from malignant lesions is 450. Our aim was to evaluate the efficiency of four different malignancy indexes (RMI1-4) in a homogeneous population. Materials and Methods: We evaluated a total of 153 non-pregnant women with adnexal masses who did not have a history of malignancy and who were above 18 years of age. Results: A cut-off value of 250 for RMI-1 provided 95.9% inter-observer agreement, yielding 95.9% specificity, 93.5% negative predictive value, 75.0% sensitivity and 82.8% positive predictive value. A cut-off value of 250 for RMI-1 showed high performance in preoperative diagnosis of invasive malignant lesions than cut-off value of 200 in our population. A cut-off value of 350 for RMI-2 provided 94.5% inter-observed agreement, yielding 94.2% specificity, 93.4% negative predictive value, 75.0% sensitivity and 77.4% positive predictive value. RMI-2 showed the higher performance when the cut-off value was set at 350 in our population. A cut-off value of 250 provided 95.2% inter-observer agreement, yielding 95.0% specificity, 93.2% negative predictive value, 75.0% sensitivity, and 88.0% positive predictive value. RMI-3 showed the highest performance to diagnose malignant adnexal masses when the cut-off value was set at 250. In our study, RMI-4 showed similar statistical performance when the cut-off value was set at 400 [(Kappa: 0.684/p=0.000), yielding 93.8% inter-observer agreement, 93.4% specificity, 93.4% negative predictive value, 75.0% sensitivity, and 75.0% negative predictive value]. Conclusions: We showed successful utilization of RMIs in preoperative differentiation of benign from malignant masses. Many studies conducted in Asian and Pacific countries have reported different cut-off values as was the case in our study. We think that it is difficult to determine universally accepted cut-off values for RMIs for common use around the globe.

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