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Table 7 Comparison of cutoff value, sensitivity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy across previous studies and present study

From: Efficacy of positron emission tomography in diagnosis of lateral lymph node metastases in patients with rectal Cancer: a retrospective study

Author

Year

Number

Modality

Cutoff value

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

Arii et al. [18]

2006

53

CT

7 mm

22%

78%

8%

95%

75%

Arii et al. [18]

2006

53

MRI

7 mm

56%

97%

91%

81%

83%

Fujita et al. [8]

2009

210

CT

5 mm

62%

90%

64%

89%

84%

Akasu et al. [10].

2009

104

MRI

4 mm (short axis)

87%

87%

52%

97%

87%

Akasu et al. [10]

2009

104

MRI

3 mm (short axis)

93%

81%

45%

99%

83%

Matsuoka et al. [11]

2007

51

MRI

5 mm (short axis)

67%

83%

78%

Ishibe et al. [19]

2016

84

MRI

10 mm (short axis)

43.8%

98.5%

87.5%

88.2%

88.1%

Amano et al. [20].

2019

46

MRI

6 mm (short axis)

35.3%

97%

54.6%

94%

91.3%

Amano et al. [20]

2019

46

CT

6 mm (short axis)

35.3%

100%

100%

96.7%

94%

This study

2020

84

PET

SUVmax 1.5

82.4%

93.4%

58.3%

97.9%

92.3%

This study

2020

84

MDCT

10 mm (short axis)

64.7%

95.4%

61.1%

96.0%

92.3%

This study

2020

84

MDCT

7 mm (short axis)

70.6%

82.1%

30.8%

96.1%

81.0%

  1. CT computed tomography, MDCT Multi-detector row computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, NPV negative predictive value, PET positron emission tomography, PPV positive predictive value, SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value