TABLE 3

Per-Lesion Analysis (Breast and Prostate Cancers)

Lesion typeExaminationSensitivitySpecificityPPVNPVAccuracy
Extraskeletal lesions18F/18F-FDG PET/CT92.90.081.30.076.5
Whole-body MRI92.933.386.750.082.4
18F/18F-FDG PET/CT + whole-body MRI100.00.082.4NA82.4
Skeletal lesions18F/18F-FDG PET/CT96.2*33.393.750.089.8‡§
Whole-body MRI81.422.289.113.374.7
Bone scintigraphy64.677.896.220.065.9
Bone scintigraphy + whole-body MRI91.422.290.125.083.5
18F/18F-FDG PET/CT + whole-body MRI100.00.089.8NA89.8
Osteolytic lesions18F/18F-FDG PET/CT100.00.083.3NA83.3
Whole-body MRI100.00.083.3NA83.3
Bone scintigraphy80.0100.0100.050.083.3
Bone scintigraphy + whole-body MRI100.00.083.3NA83.3
18F/18F-FDG PET/CT + whole-body MRI100.00.083.3NA83.3
Osteoblastic lesions18F/18F-FDG PET/CT95.9*†||37.593.450.090.2§¶
Whole-body MRI80.025.089.713.374.0
Bone scintigraphy63.575.095.918.264.6
Bone scintigraphy + whole-body MRI90.825.090.825.083.6
18F/18F-FDG PET/CT + whole-body MRI100.00.090.2NA90.2
Total lesions18F/18F-FDG PET/CT95.7#25.090.842.987.6**
Whole-body MRI83.325.088.617.676.0
Bone scintigraphy + whole-body MRI91.625.089.530.083.3
18F/18F-FDG PET/CT + whole-body MRI100.00.087.5NA87.5
  • NA = not applicable. 18F/18F-FDG PET/CT showed significantly higher sensitivity (*P < 0.001,#P < 0.002) and accuracy (P < 0.02, **P < 0.02, P < 0.05) than whole-body MRI. 18F/18F-FDG PET/CT showed higher sensitivity (P < 0.001) and accuracy (§P < 0.001) than bone scintigraphy. 18F/18F-FDG PET/CT showed lower sensitivity than combination of 18F/18F-FDG PET/CT and whole-body MRI (||P = 0.01).