TABLE 1

Comparison of CT and ¹⁸F-FDG PET for Staging of Lymph Node Involvement

	% Sensitivity		% Specificity
Cancer (reference[s])	CT	¹⁸F-FDG PET	CT	¹⁸F-FDG PET
Head and neck (19–25)	36–86	50–96	56–100	88–100
NSCLC (27–31)	45	80–90	85	85–100
Cervical carcinoma (34–36)	57–73^*	75–91	83–100^*	92–100
Esophageal (32)	11–87	30–78	28–99	86–98

↵* CT or MRI.