| Characteristics | Pathologic lymph nodes status | Predictive Value (PV) | P value | |
| −ve LNs = 47 cases | +ve LNs = 22 cases |
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| Clinical Examination (C/E) |
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| −ve LNs | 38 cases (True negative) | 3 cases (False positive) | −ve PV: 93% | <0.008 |
| +ve LNs | 9 cases (False negative) | 19 cases (True positive) | +ve PV: 68% | |
| Ultrasonography (U/S) |
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| −ve L.N. | 40 cases (True negative) | 3 cases (False positive) | −ve PV: 93% | <0.001 |
| +ve L.N. | 7 cases (False negative) | 19 cases (True positive) | +ve PV: 73% | |
| Combined (C/E&U/S) |
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| −ve L.N. | 40 (True negative) | 1 (False positive) | −ve PV: 98% |
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| +ve L.N. | 7 (False negative) | 21 (True positive) | +ve PV: 75% |
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