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Diagnostic value of positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography in recurrent/metastatic ovarian cancer: A meta‐analysis
Author(s) -
Xu Bo,
Ma Jun,
Jiang Guojing,
Wang Yu,
Ma Qingliang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.13222
Subject(s) - medicine , diagnostic odds ratio , positron emission tomography , meta analysis , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , ovarian cancer , receiver operating characteristic , odds ratio , nuclear medicine , radiology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , pet ct , cancer
Aim The study was conducted to assess and compare the overall diagnostic value of positron emission tomography (PET) alone and PET/computed tomography (CT) for the detection of recurrent/metastatic ovarian cancer. Methods A systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE and Chinese literature databases (CNKI, VIP and Wanfang) up to August 2014 was performed to identify relevant articles. The diagnostic performance of PET alone or PET/CT was assessed in terms of the following evaluation indexes: summary sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratio, diagnostic odds ratio and area under the curve summary receiver operating characteristics. Results Sixty‐four studies with 3722 patients were included in this meta‐analysis. Favorable results were obtained for both PET/CT and PET alone with similar sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratio and area under the curve in diagnosing recurrent/metastatic ovarian cancer ( P > 0.05). However, the sensitivity of PET/CT was significantly higher than PET alone in European patients. Conclusions Both PET and PET/CT have promising diagnostic value in recurrent/metastatic ovarian cancer. The diagnostic performance of PET/CT may be superior to PET alone in European patients.