Usefulness of shear-wave elastography for detection of lymph node metastasis in esophageal and gastric cancer

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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Apr 15, 2025; 17(4): 101925
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Table 4 Shear-wave elastography measurement results for lymph nodes limited to larger than cut off value

	Se	Sp	FN	FP	PPV	NPV
All	0.76	0.82	0.23	0.18	0.53	0.94
EC	0.76	0.80	0.24	0.20	0.31	0.97
GC	0.78	0.86	0.22	0.14	0.74	0.89

EC: Esophageal cancer; GC: Gastric cancer; Se: Sensitivity; Sp: Specificity; FN: False negative; FP: False positive; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value.

Citation: Suzuki M, Sakurazawa N, Hagiwara N, Kogo H, Haruna T, Ohashi R, Yoshida H. Usefulness of shear-wave elastography for detection of lymph node metastasis in esophageal and gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2025; 17(4): 101925
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v17/i4/101925.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.101925