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Table 1 Meta-analyses of mediastinal lymph node staging

From: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radiotracers in oncology – utility of 18F-Fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG)-PET in the management of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Author

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

N Studies

N Pts

Fischer MB et al [57]

0,83

0.96

0,87

0,95

17

nr

Toloza EM et al [58]

0,84

0,89

0,79

0,93

18

1045

Helwing D et al [60]

0,88

0,92

nr

Nr

20

1292

Dwamena BA et al. [59]

0,79

0,91

0,9

0,93

16

639

Gould MK et al [61]

0,85

0,90

nr

Nr

32

1959

Birim O. et al [62]

0,83

0,92

nr

Nr

17

833

  1. PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value; Pts: Patients; nr: Not reported