SynthesisMedicine2017
Diagnostic accuracy of DWI in patients with ovarian cancer: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Performance of MRI protocols for diagnosis of benign and malignant ovarian tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Pooled it
- The role of apparent diffusion coefficient histogram analysis in improving O-RADS magnetic resonance imaging classification of adnexal lesions: a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Diagnostic reliability of O-RADS score based on non-dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and apparent diffusion coefficient in characterization of adnexal masses.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Diagnostic performance of a modified O-RADS classification system for adnexal lesions incorporating clinical features.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Article
- Improving risk stratification of indeterminate adnexal masses on MRI: What imaging features help predict malignancy in O-RADS MRI 4 lesions?European journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging of pediatric adnexal masses and mimics.Pediatric radiology · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundDiffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is recently developed for identifying different malignant tumors. In this article the diagnostic accuracy of DWI for ovarian cancer was evaluated by synthesis of published data.
methodsA comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase databases on the diagnostic performance of DWI for ovarian cancer published in English. Methodological quality was evaluated following Quality Assessment for Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy 2 (QUADAS 2) tool. We adopted the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve to assess the DWI accuracy.
resultsTwelve studies including 1142 lesions were analyzed in this meta-analysis to estimate the pooled Sen (sensitivity), Spe (specificity), PLR (positive likelihood ratio), NLR (negative likelihood ratio), and construct SROC (summary receiver operating characteristics) curve. The pooled Sen and Spe were 0.86 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83-0.89) and 0.81 (95%CI, 0.77-0.84), respectively. The pooled PLR and pooled NLR were 5.07 (95%CI, 3.15-8.16) and 0.17 (95%CI, 0.10-0.30), respectively. The pooled diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) was 35.23 (95%CI, 17.21-72.14). The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.9160.
conclusionDWI had moderately excellent diagnostic ability for ovarian cancer and promised to be a helpful diagnostic tool for patients of ovarian cancer.
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