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Table 2 Comparison between PET/CT scan and NBI endoscopy

From: Superiority of NBI endoscopy to PET/CT scan in detecting esophageal cancer among head and neck cancer patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC

ESCC

 PET/CT scan

50.00%

97.81%

0.739 (0.660–0.808)

 NBI

100.0%

81.75%

0.909 (0.850–0.950)

Suspicious esophageal lesionsa

 PET/CT scan

33.33%

97.73%

0.655 (0.573–0.732)

 NBI

100.0%

84.85%

0.924 (0.869–0.961)

  1. AUC area under the curve, ESCC esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  2. ainclude both ESCC and high-grade dysplasia