Table 4.
Comparing the ability of PET-CT and bone marrow biopsy in bone marrow involvement detection.
| Reference | PET-CT | Bone marrow biopsy |
|---|---|---|
| Pelosi et al. – 2011 (50) | Sensitivity: 69% Specificity: 99.2% Accuracy: 91.4% PPV: 96.8% NPV: 90.2% |
Sensitivity: 59.8% Specificity: 100% Accuracy: 89.6% PPV: 100% NPV: 87.7% |
| Khan et al. – 2013 (4) | Sensitivity: 94% Specificity: 100% Accuracy: 98.5% |
Sensitivity: 40% Specificity: 100% Accuracy: 84% |
| Adam et al. – 2014 (57) | Sensitivity: 88.7% (95% CI: 82.5 – 93.3%) Specificity: 99.8% (95% CI: 98.8 – 100%) |
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| Cortes-Romera et al. – 2014 (58) | Sensitivity: 95% Specificity: 86% Accuracy: 87% PPV: 54% NPV: 99% |
|
| Alzahrani et al. – 2016 (21) | Sensitivity: 60% (95%CI: 49-70) Specificity: 79% (95% CI: 75-83) PPV: 36% (95%CI: 28-44) NPV: 91% (95%CI: 88-94%) |
|
| El karak et al. – 2017 (16) | Sensitivity: 92% Specificity: 100% |
Sensitivity: 38% Specificity: 100% |
| Vishnu et al. – 2017 (2) | Sensitivity: 86% (95% CI: 51.9 – 95.7%) Specificity: 86% (95%CI: 76 – 92%) PPV: 50% NPV: 98% Accuracy: 86% |
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| Yilmaz et al. – 2017 (17) | Sensitivity: 91.3% Specificity: 94.3% Accuracy: 94% PPV: 67.7% NPV: 98.8% |
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| Saiki et al. – 2018 (46) | Sensitivity: 38% Specificity: 87% PPV: 53% NPV: 79% |
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| Xiao-Xue et al. – 2019 (34) | Sensitivity: 80% Specificity: 90% Accuracy: 88.1% |
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| Alsabbagh et al. – 2020 (18) | Sensitivity: 96% Accuracy: 99% NPV: 98% |
Sensitivity: 50% Accuracy: 87% NPV: 84% |
| Kaddu-Mulindwa et al. – 2021 (15) | Sensitivity: 84% (95%CI: 78 – 88%) Specificity: 100% (95%CI: 99 – 100%) NPV: 95% (95%CI: 93 – 97%) PPV: 100% (95%CI: 98 – 100%) |
Sensitivity: 38% (95%CI: 32 – 45%) Specificity: 100% (95%CI: 99 – 100%) NPV: 84% (95%CI: 81 – 86%) PPV: 100% (95%CI: 96 – 100%) |
| Almaimani et al. – 2022 (3) | Sensitivity 14.10 – 100% (median: 77.4%) Specificity: 54 – 100% (median: 91.65%) PPV: 29 – 100% (median: 63.60%) NPV: 81 – 100% (median: 97%) |
Sensitivity: 24 – 68.8% (median: 47%) Specificity: 100% PPV: 100% NPV: 63.2 – 91.1% (median: 80%) |
| Asif et al. – 2023 (8) | Sensitivity: 93.16% Specificity: 93.93% PPV: 88% NPV: 96.88% Overall accuracy: 93.84% |