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Table 3 Esophageal lesions’ distribution, according to the clinical T classification, and the diagnostic abilities of PET/CT and NBI

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

T classification

ESCC or high-grade dysplasia

NBI-positive lesions

NBI-negative lesions

PET/CT-positive lesions

PET/CT-negative lesions

Negative

132

20

112

3

129

Tis

5

5

0

0

5

T1

5

5

0

1

4

T2

3

3

0

2

1

T3

2

2

0

2

0

T4

0

0

0

0

0

  1. ESCC esophageal squamous cell carcinoma