Table 1.
Sensitivity and specificity of US and other imaging modalities for the screening of HCC
| Authors |
US |
Other modalities |
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| Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | |
| Sherman et al[35] | 71.4 | 93.8 | - | - |
| Chalasani et al[36] | 59 | 93 | 91 (CT) | 96 (CT) |
| 1Yao et al[37] | 79.4 | - | 81.6 (CT) | - |
| 88.9 (MRI) | - | |||
| Gambarin-Gelwan et al[38] | 58 | 94 | 53 (CT) | 94 (CT) |
| 2Teefey et al[39] | 89 | 75 | 67 (CT) | 75 (CT) |
| 56 (MRI) | 81 (MRI) | |||
| 0 (PET) | 88 (PET) | |||
1
Sensitivity of radiologic procedures in the diagnosis and staging of known HCC before liver transplantation.
2
The higher value was presented from two data obtained between two observers.