Validation of PET Results in 60 Patients for Whom PET Altered Management
| Clinical indication | PET result category | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T+ve | F+ve | T−ve | F−ve | N/E | ||
| Treatment planning* | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Active to observation | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Active to supportive | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Observation to active | 10 | 1† | 1 | 12 | ||
| Varied active | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Total | 49‡ | 1 | 7 | 3 | 60 | |
↵* Patients for whom referring clinician was not prepared to prospectively commit to a treatment plan without access to PET findings.
↵† Pelvic abscess was diagnosed and drained at laparotomy.
↵‡ Includes 4 patients for whom PET underestimated disease extent.
T+ve = true-positive; F+ve = false-positive; T−ve = true-negative; F−ve = false-negative; N/E = not evaluable.