Is it sufficient to evaluate metastatic bone involvement in breast cancer using SPECT/CT? A new approach of SPECT/CT-guided targeted bone marrow biopsy

Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of SPECT/CT, and SPECT/CT-guided BMB in diagnosing metastasis

Parameter	SPECT/CT	SPECT/CT-guided BMB	P value
Sensitivity	77	97.5	0.016*
Specificity	71	100
PPV	87	100
NPV	55.5	93.3	0.021*
Accuracy	79	98

CT Computed Tomography, NPV Negative Predictive Value, PPV Positive Predictive Value, SPECT Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography

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