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Table 1 Studies inclujded into the meta-analysis

From: Can apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) distinguish breast cancer from benign breast findings? A meta-analysis based on 13 847 lesions

Author, years [Ref.].

Malignant lesions, n

benign lesions, n

Study design

Tesla strength

Akin et al., 2016 [21]

89

92

retrospective

3

An et al., 2017 [22]

112

32

prospective

3

Arponen et al., 2015 [14]

114

23

retrospective

3

Arponen et al., 2018 [23]

25

7

retrospective

3

Baba et al., 2014 [24]

70

13

retrospective

1.5

Baltzer et al., 2010 [25]

54

27

retrospective

1.5

Belli et al., 2015 [26]

289

 

retrospective

1.5

Belli et al., 2010 [27]

100

26

retrospective

1.5

Bickel et al., 2015 [28]

176

 

retrospective

3

Bogner et al., 2009 [29]

24

17

retrospective

3

Bokacheva et al., 2014 [30]

26

14

retrospective

3

Çabuk et al., 2015 [31]

22

41

retrospective

1.5

Cai et al., 2014 [32]

149

85

retrospective

1.5

Caivano et al., 2015 [33]

67

43

retrospective

3

Cakir et al., 2013 [15]

30

25

retrospective

3

Chen et al., 2012 [34]

39

18

retrospective

1.5

Chen et al., 2018 [35]

72

44

prospective

3

Cheng et al., 2013 [36]

128

60

retrospective

1.5

Cho et al., 2016 [37]

50

12

retrospective

3

Cho et al., 2015 [38]

38

 

retrospective

3

Choi et al., 2017 [39]

34

 

retrospective

3 and 1.5

Choi et al., 2018 [40]

78

 

prospective

3

Choi et al., 2012 [41]

335

 

retrospective

1.5

Choi et al., 2017 [42]

221

 

retrospective

3

Cipolla et al., 2014 [43]

106

 

retrospective

3

Costantini et al., 2012 [44]

225

 

retrospective

1.5

Costantini et al., 2010 [45]

162

 

prospective

1.5

de Almeida et al., 2017 [46]

44

37

retrospective

1.5

Durando et al., 2016 [47]

126

 

retrospective

3

Eghtedari et al., 2016 [48]

33

18

retrospective

3 and 1.5

Ertas et al., 2016 [49]

85

85

retrospective

3

Ertas et al., 2018 [50]

85

88

retrospective

3

Fan et al., 2018 [51]

126

 

retrospective

3

Fan et al., 2018 [52]

68

21

retrospective

3

Fan et al., 2017 [53]

82

 

retrospective

3

Fanariotis et al., 2018 [54]

59

41

retrospective

3

Fornasa et al., 2011 [55]

35

43

retrospective

1.5

Gity et al., 2018 [56]

50

48

prospective

1.5

Guatelli et al., 2017 [57]

161

91

retrospective

1.5

Hering et al., 2016 [58]

25

31

retrospective

1.5

Hirano et al., 2012 [59]

48

27

retrospective

3

Horvat et al., 2018 [60]

218

130

retrospective

3

Hu et al., 2018 [61]

52

36

retrospective

3

Huang et al., 2018 [62]

50

26

prospective

3

Iima et al., 2011 [63]

25

 

retrospective

1.5

Imamura et al., 2010 [64]

16

11

retrospective

1.5

Inoue et al., 2011 [65]

91

15

retrospective

1.5

Janka et al., 2014 [66]

59

20

retrospective

1.5

Jeh et al., 2011 [67]

155

 

retrospective

3 and 1.5

Jiang et al., 2018 [68]

171

104

retrospective

1.5

Jiang et al., 2014 [69]

64

 

retrospective

1.5

Jin et al., 2010 [70]

40

20

retrospective

1.5

Kanao et al., 2018 [71]

79

83

retrospective

3 and 1.5

Kawashima et al., 2017 [72]

137

 

retrospective

3

Ei Khouli et al., 2010 [73]

101

33

retrospective

3

Kim et al., 2019 [74]

93

 

retrospective

3

Kim et al., 2018 [75]

121

48

retrospective

3

Kim et al., 2018 [76]

81

 

retrospective

3

Kim et al., 2009 [77]

60

 

retrospective

1.5

Kitajima et al., 2018 [78]

67

 

retrospective

3

Kitajima et al., 2016 [79]

216

 

retrospective

3

Köremezli Keskin et al., 2018 [80]

59

 

retrospective

1.5

Kul et al., 2018 [81]

143

70

retrospective

1.5

Kuroki et al., 2004 [82]

55

5

retrospective

1.5

Lee et al., 2016 [83]

128

 

retrospective

3

Lee et al., 2016 [84]

52

 

retrospective

3

Li et al., 2015 [85]

55

 

retrospective

3

Liu et al., 2017 [86]

48

47

retrospective

3

Liu et al., 2015 [87]

176

 

retrospective

3

Lo et al., 2009 [88]

20

11

prospective

3

Matsubayashi et al., 2010 [89]

26

 

retrospective

1.5

Min et al., 2015 [90]

29

20

retrospective

1.5

Montemezzi et al., 2018 [91]

453

 

prospective

3

Mori et al., 2013 [92]

51

 

retrospective

3

Nakajo et al., 2010 [93]

51

 

retrospective

1.5

Nogueira et al., 2015 [94]

28

30

prospective

3

Nogueira et al., 2014 [95]

89

68

prospective

3

Ochi et al., 2013 [96]

59

45

retrospective

1.5

Onishi et al., 2014 [97]

17

 

retrospective

3 and 1.5

Ouyang et al., 2014 [98]

23

16

retrospective

3

Park et al., 2017 [99]

201

 

retrospective

3

Park et al., 2016 [100]

71

 

prospective

3

Park et al., 2007 [101]

50

 

retrospective

1.5

Park et al., 2015 [102]

110

 

retrospective

3

Parsian et al., 2012 [103]

 

175

retrospective

1.5

Parsian et al., 2016 [104]

 

26

retrospective

1.5

Partridge et al., 2018 [105]

242

 

prospective

3 and 1.5

Partridge et al., 2011 [106]

27

73

retrospective

1.5

Partridge et al., 2010 [107]

29

87

retrospective

1.5

Partridge et al., 2010 [108]

21

91

retrospective

1.5

Pereira et al., 2009 [109]

26

26

prospective

1.5

Petralia et al., 2011 [110]

28

 

prospective

1.5

Rahbar et al., 2011 [111]

74

 

retrospective

1.5

Rahbar et al., 2012 [112]

36

 

retrospective

1.5

Ramírez-Galván et al., 2015 [113]

15

21

prospective

1.5

Razek et al., 2010 [114]

66

 

prospective

1.5

Roknsharifi et al., 2018 [115]

97

59

retrospective

1.5

Rubesova et al., 2006 [116]

65

25

retrospective

1.5

Sahin et al., 2013 [117]

35

16

retrospective

1.5

Satake et al., 2011 [118]

88

27

retrospective

3

Sharma et al., 2016 [119]

259

67

prospective

1.5

Shen et al., 2018 [120]

71

 

retrospective

3

Song et al., 2019 [121]

85

 

retrospective

3

Song et al., 2017 [122]

106

25

prospective

3

Sonmez et al., 2011 [123]

25

20

retrospective

1.5

Spick et al., 2016 [124]

31

24

prospective

3

Spick et al., 2016 [125]

20

84

retrospective

1.5

Suo et al., 2019 [126]

134

 

retrospective

3

Tang et al., 2018 [127]

54

32

retrospective

3

Teruel et al., 2016 [128]

34

27

prospective

3

Teruel et al., 2016 [129]

38

34

prospective

3

Thakur et al., 2018 [130]

31

 

retrospective

3

Wan et al., 2016 [131]

74

21

retrospective

1.5

Wang et al., 2016 [132]

31

20

retrospective

3

Woodhams et al., 2009 [133]

204

58

prospective

1.5

Xie et al., 2019 [134]

134

 

retrospective

3

Yabuuchi et al., 2006 [135]

 

19

retrospective

1.5

Yoo et al., 2014 [136]

106

63

retrospective

1.5

Youk et al., 2012 [137]

271

 

retrospective

3 and 1.5

Zhang et al., 2019 [138]

136

74

retrospective

3

Zhao et al., 2018 [139]

25

23

retrospective

3

Zhao et al., 2018 [140]

119

22

retrospective

3

Zhou et al., 2018 [141]

33

39

retrospective

3