FDG-PET in diagnosis, staging and prognosis of pancreatic carcinoma: A meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies for diagnosis

Ref.	Study design	Imaging	Population	n (M/F)	Results
					TP	FP	FN	TN
Stollfuss et al[32]	NR	PET	Suspected PC or CP	73 (54/19)	41	3	2	27
Wang et al[33]	NR	PET	Pancreatic mass	40 (27/13)	26	3	1	10
Rose et al[34]	R	PET	Suspected PC	65 (NR)	48	2	4	11
Kauhanen et al[18]	P	PET	Suspected PC	38 (19/19)	17	3	1	17
Herrmann et al[35]	P	PET	Suspected PC or CP	41 (27/14)	30	4	3	4
		PET/CT		31 (NR)	24	5	1	1
Nakamoto et al[36]	P	PET	Suspected PC	47 (31/16)	22	3	5	17
Friess et al[37]	P	PET	Suspected PC or CP	74 (57/17)	41	4	1	28
Keogan et al[38]	P	PET	Suspected PC	37 (22/15)	22	2	3	10
Koyama et al[39]	NR	PET	Suspected PC	86 (50/36)	53	4	12	17
Nishiyama et al[19]	NR	PET	Suspected PC	86 (64/22)	49	11	6	20
Inokuma et al[40]	P	PET	Suspected PC	46 (25/21)	33	2	2	9
Bares et al[20]	P	PET	Suspected PC	40 (25/15)	25	2	2	11
Van et al[41]	NR	PET	Suspected PC or CP	109 (65/44)	29	10	3	67
Zimny et al[42]	P	PET	Suspected PC	106 (NR)	63	5	11	27
Kato et al[43]	NR	PET	Patients with PC or CP	24 (20/4)	14	2	1	7
Ruf et al[21]	R	PET	Suspected PC	32 (20/12)	14	10	1	7
Rasmussen et al[44]	P	PET	Suspected PC	20 (12/8)	9	1	3	7
Delbeke et al[45]	R	PET	Suspected PC	65 (33/32)	52	3	0	10
Farma et al[46]	R	PET/CT	Suspected PC	82 (43/39)	58	2	7	15
Borbath[25]	R	PET	Suspected PC	59 (29/30)	42	5	6	6
Sendler et al[47]	P	PET	Suspected PC	42 (21/21)	22	4	9	7
Bang et all[48]	NR	PET	Suspected PC	102 (76/26)	90	2	3	7
Papós et al[49]	NR	PET	Suspected PC	22 (13/9)	6	2	0	14
Rajput et al[50]	R	PET	Suspected PC	11 (NR)	8	0	1	2
Ho et al[51]	NR	PET	Suspected PC	14 (7/7)	8	2	0	4
Mertz et al[52]	P	PET	Suspected PC	35 (NR)	27	2	4	2
Takanami et al[53]	R	PET/CT	Suspected PC	16 (13/3)	7	0	2	7
Sperti et al[54]	P	PET	Suspected PC	64 (33/31)	24	1	2	37
Tann et al[55]	R	PET	Suspected PC	30 (16/14)	4	8	3	15
		PET/CT		30 (16/14)	6	2	1	21
Bares et al[56]	NR	PET	Suspected PC	15 (11/4)	12	0	1	2

M: Male; F: Female; NR: Not report; R: Retrospective study; P: Prospective; PC: Pancreatic carcinoma; CP: Chronic pancreatitis; TP: True-positive; FP: False-positive; FN: False-negative; TN: True-negative; PET: Positron emission tomography; CT: Computed tomography.