Clinical relevance of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging in decision-making regarding the treatment strategy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2019; 25(46): 6767-6780
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Table 6 Diagnostic performance for lesions indicated for surgery or chemoradiotherapy by Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography alone and Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with magnifying endoscopy-narrow band imaging

	FDG-PET	FDG-PET + ME-NBI	P value
Sensitivity	78.3% (18/23)	78.3% (18/23)	1.00
Specificity	81.4% (48/59)	91.5% (54/59)	0.12
PPV	62.1% (18/29)	78.3% (18/23)	0.24
NPV	90.6% (48/53)	91.5% (54/59)	0.86
Accuracy	80.5% (66/82)	87.8% (72/82)	0.20

CRT: Chemoradiotherapy; ME-NBI: Magnifying endoscopy-narrow band imaging; FDG-PET: Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value.

Citation: Toriyama K, Tajika M, Tanaka T, Ishihara M, Hirayama Y, Onishi S, Mizuno N, Kuwahara T, Okuno N, Matsumoto S, Sasaki E, Abe T, Yatabe Y, Hara K, Matsuo K, Tamaki T, Niwa Y. Clinical relevance of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging in decision-making regarding the treatment strategy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(46): 6767-6780
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