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

Table 3 Characteristics of included studies for liver metastasis

Ref.	Study design	Imaging	Population	n (M/F)	Results
					TP	FP	FN	TN
Strobel et al[22]	R	PET	Histologically proved PC	50 (25/25)	5	0	6	39
		PET/CT		50 (25/25)	9	1	2	38
Nakamoto et al[23]	NR	PET	Histologically proved PC	34 (22/12)	11	2	1	20
Nishiyama et al[24]	NR	PET	Histologically proved PC	42 (26/16)	10	3	3	26
Nishiyama et al[19]	NR	PET	PC diagnosed by histology or follow-up	55 (NR)	11	0	7	37
Bares et al[20]	P	PET	Histologically proved PC	23 (NR)	4	1	3	15
Ruf et al[21]	R	PET	PC diagnosed by histology or follow-up	15 (9/6)	3	2	5	5
Borbath et al[25]	R	PET	PC diagnosed by histology or follow-up	47 (NR)	10	1	2	34

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