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The diagnostic performance of PET/CT scans for the detection of para-aortic metastatic lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer: A meta-analysis.
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- PET-CT radiomics and artificial intelligence for predicting lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Pooled it
- Preserved Menstruation After Chemoradiotherapy in Stage IIIC1 Cervical Cancer: A Unique Case.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Surgical Staging in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Precision, Risks, and the 'Helmet' Analogy.Cancers · 2025Article
- The Role of Imaging in Cervical Cancer Staging: ESGO/ESTRO/ESP Guidelines (Update 2023).Cancers · 2024Review
- Lymph node assessment in cervical cancer: current approaches.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Curative treatment for stage IIIC2 cervical cancer: what to expect?Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2023Article
- False negative rate atBMC cancer · 2021Article
- Comparison of positron emission tomography with computed tomography examination with histopathological assessment of pelvic lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer treated surgically.Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland) · 2021Article
- Tumour and pelvic lymph node metabolic activity on FDG-PET/CT to stratify patients for para-aortic surgical staging in locally advanced cervical cancer.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020Article
- Prophylactic Extended-Field Irradiation in Patients With Cervical Cancer: A Literature Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveWe performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic value of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the detection of para-aortic lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer.
methodsWe searched the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biological Medicine (CBM), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang and VIP databases in all languages from their inception to September 2018. Stat15.0 software was used to obtain pooled estimates of sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), and negative likelihood ratio (NLR) as well as a summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves. Deek's funnel plot was used to assess publication bias. QUADAS-2 was used to evaluate the quality of the studies. The protocol for this meta-analysis is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42019115330).
resultsWe obtained 14 studies, and the pooled estimates for sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT were 0.71 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.54-0.83) and 0.97 (95% CI = 0.93-0.98), respectively. Pooled PLR and NLR were 21.53 and 0.30, respectively. The diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) was70.59, and the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.95.
conclusionPET/CT is an effective and important imaging method for the diagnosis of para-aortic lymph node metastasis in early cervical cancer.
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