Summary of Published Clinical Trials with PET for Lymph Node Assessment
| Reference | No. of patients | Region | PET | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author | No. | Year | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Accuracy (%) | ||||||
| Kau et al. | (22) | 1999 | 70 | Head and neck | 87 | 94 | * | ||||
| Dwamena et al. | (23) | 1999 | 514 | Lung | 79 | 91 | 92 | ||||
| Pieterman et al. | (24) | 2000 | 102 | Lung | 91 | 86 | 87 | ||||
| Greco et al. | (39) | 2001 | 167 | Breast | 94.4 | 86.3 | 89.8 | ||||
| Vesselle et al. | (40) | 2002 | 118 | Lung | 80.9 | 96 | 90.7 | ||||
| Antoch et al. | (28) | 2003 | 27 | Lung | 89 | 89 | 89 | ||||
↵* Not measured.