ArticleTechnology in cancer research & treatment2018
A Network Meta-Analysis on the Diagnostic Value of Different Imaging Methods for Lymph Node Metastases in Patients With Cervical Cancer.
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- Diagnostic performance of noninvasive imaging using computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography for the detection of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis.Annals of nuclear medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of conventional and advanced imaging modalities for assessing newly diagnosed cervical cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of MR imaging in evaluating prognostic factors in patients with cervical cancer: a meta-analysis.European radiology · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of color vision tests for color vision deficiency: a network meta-analysis on comparisons of multiple color vision tests.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- The Role of Imaging in Cervical Cancer Staging: ESGO/ESTRO/ESP Guidelines (Update 2023).Cancers · 2024Review
- Radiomics analysis based on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for differentiating early stage of cervical cancer.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Rationality of FIGO 2018 IIIC restaging of cervical cancer according to local tumor size: A cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeWe performed this network meta-analysis to compare the diagnostic value of 4 imaging methods (magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and diffusion-weighted imaging) for diagnosing lymph node metastases in cervical cancer.
methodDiagnostic tests regarding different imaging methods to diagnose lymph node metastases in cervical cancer were retrieved from the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Embase electronic databases from inception to December 2016. Direct and indirect evidence was performed to calculate the odds ratio and to draw the surface under the cumulative ranking curves of the 4 imaging methods for diagnosing lymph node metastases in cervical cancer.
resultsSixteen eligible diagnostic tests were included in this network meta-analysis. The results of network meta-analysis demonstrate that in comparison with the diffusion-weighted imaging, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio of positron emission tomography were relatively higher. Additionally, the results further indicate that compared with other diagnosis method, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio of positron emission tomography had a higher trend. The surface under the cumulative ranking curve results indicated that in terms of positive likelihood ratio and diagnostic odds ratio, positron emission tomography had a relatively higher diagnostic value for lymph node metastases in patients with cervical cancer.
conclusionOur findings indicate that positron emission tomography might have a relatively higher diagnostic value for lymph node metastases in patients with cervical cancer.
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