Table 3 Accuracy characteristics of microRNAs in discriminating metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes in FFPE and FNA biopsies from lymph node samples

miR-200a

100 (82.2–100.0)

68.4 (43.5–87.3)

84.2 (68.1–93.4)

0.92 (0.83–0.99)

miR-200c

100 (84.4–100.0)

81.2 (54.34–95.73)

92.1 (77.5–97.9)

0.94 (0.85–1.0)

miR-203

100 (86.2–100)

100 (75.1–100)

100 (88.6–100)

1.0 (0–1.0)

miR-205

100 (86.2–100)

100 (75.1–100)

100 (88.6–100)

1.0 (0–1.0)

miR-203

100 (91.5–100)

100 (94.9–100)

100 (96.05–100)

1.0 (0–1.0)

miR-205

100 (91.5–100)

100 (94.9–100)

100 (96.05–100)

1.0 (0–1.0)

miR-203

100 (90.9–100)

95.9 (88.6–99.1)

97.3 (92.1–99.4)

0.963 (0.921–1.0)

miR-205

100 (93.2–100)

94.6 (85.1–98.8)

96.7 (93.1–100)

0.966 (0.921–1.0)