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Table 1 Comparison of PET/CT reliability based on the results from different authors

From: Sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT regarding the detection of lymph node metastases in prostate cancer recurrence

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

(Farsad et al. 2005)

66.0%

81.0%

87.0%

55.0%

(Castellucci et al. 2011)

93.0%

74.0%

60.0%

96.0%

(Schiavina et al. 2008)

41.4%

99.8%

94.4%

97.2%

(Budiharto et al. 2011)

9.4%

99.7%

75.0%

91.0%

(Kjölhede et al. 2013)

33.0%

92.0%

76.0%

65.0%