Diagnostic performance of positron emission tomography/computed tomography using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose in detecting locoregional nodal involvement in patients with anal canal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Carmelo CaldarellaSalvatore AnnunziataGiorgio TregliaRamin SadeghiNarjes AyatiLuca GiovanellaPublished in: TheScientificWorldJournal (2014)
Our meta-analysis demonstrates that FDG-PET is a specific diagnostic tool in detecting locoregional lymph node involvement in patients with ACC. Low sensitivity is a major concern; however, higher sensitivity could be reached combining FDG-PET with MR scan.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- lymph node
- systematic review
- pet imaging
- contrast enhanced
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- pet ct
- papillary thyroid
- magnetic resonance imaging
- sentinel lymph node
- meta analyses
- dual energy
- squamous cell
- image quality
- magnetic resonance
- high grade
- randomized controlled trial
- case control
- squamous cell carcinoma
- lymph node metastasis
- early stage
- childhood cancer