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dc.contributor.authorKyzas, P. A.en
dc.contributor.authorEvangelou, E.en
dc.contributor.authorDenaxa-Kyza, D.en
dc.contributor.authorIoannidis, J. P.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:40:56Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:40:56Z-
dc.identifier.issn1460-2105-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/24424-
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dc.subjectConfidence Intervalsen
dc.subjectFluorodeoxyglucose F18/*diagnostic useen
dc.subjectHead and Neck Neoplasms/*pathology/*radionuclide imagingen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectLymph Nodes/*pathology/*radionuclide imagingen
dc.subjectLymphatic Metastasisen
dc.subjectNecken
dc.subjectNeoplasm Stagingen
dc.subject*Positron-Emission Tomography/methodsen
dc.subjectPredictive Value of Testsen
dc.subjectROC Curveen
dc.subjectRadiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic useen
dc.subjectSensitivity and Specificityen
dc.title18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to evaluate cervical node metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysisen
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.enJournal articleen
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.identifier.primary10.1093/jnci/djn125-
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18477804-
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/10/712.full.pdf-
heal.languageen-
heal.accesscampus-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.publicationDate2008-
heal.abstractBACKGROUND: Positron emission tomography using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG PET) has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment of cervical lymph node status in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Management is most controversial for patients with a clinically negative (cN0) neck. We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET in detecting lymph node metastases in patients with HNSCC. METHODS: We performed a meta-analysis of all available studies of the diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET in patients with HNSCC. We determined sensitivities and specificities across studies, calculated positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR+ and LR-), and constructed summary receiver operating characteristic curves using hierarchical regression models. We also compared the performance of 18F-FDG PET with that of conventional diagnostic methods (ie, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration) by analyzing studies that had also used these diagnostic methods on the same patients. RESULTS: Across 32 studies (1236 patients), 18F-FDG PET sensitivity was 79% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 72% to 85%) and specificity was 86% (95% CI = 83% to 89%). For cN0 patients, sensitivity of 18F-FDG PET was only 50% (95% CI = 37% to 63%), whereas specificity was 87% (95% CI = 76% to 93%). Overall, LR+ was 5.84 (95% CI = 4.59 to 7.42) and LR- was 0.24 (95% CI = 0.17 to 0.33). In studies in which both 18F-FDG PET and conventional diagnostic tests were performed, sensitivity and specificity of 18F-FDG PET were 80% and 86%, respectively, and of conventional diagnostic tests were 75% and 79%, respectively. CONCLUSION: 18F-FDG PET has good diagnostic performance in the overall pretreatment evaluation of patients with HNSCC but still does not detect disease in half of the patients with metastasis and cN0.en
heal.journalNameJ Natl Cancer Insten
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
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