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High-frequency Ultrasound Imaging of Mouse Cervical Lymph Nodes
Published on: July 25, 2015
Meta-analysis of PET/CT Detect Lymph Nodes Metastases of Cervical Cancer
Jianjiang Ruan1, Yueqiao Zhang2, Hong Ren2
1Department of Radiology, Shaoxing Shangyu Women and Children Hospital, Zhejiang 312300, China.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of PET/CT for metastatic lymph nodes in cervical cancer patients.
Methods:
Searching in the databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar about non-invasive modalities for detecting lymph nodes metastases during 2000~2017. Following further screening, the extracted effective data were calculated by Meta-Disc 1.4 software, such as sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), positive likelihood (LR+), and negative likelihood ratio (LR-).
Results:
we obtained 27 articles. The pooled estimates for sensitivity of PET/CT were 0.72 (95% CI, [0.69, 0.75]); for specificity were 0.96 (95% CI, [0.96, 0.97]). Its weighted AUC was 0.93.
Conclusion:
PET/CT remains to be an effective method for diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes from cervical cancer.
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