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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2013 Dec 31;50(3):234–239. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.12.003

Table 4.

Performance Characteristics of PET/CT Surveillance for Detection of Local and Regional Recurrences

Characteristic Value
LOCAL RECURRENCE
Sensitivity 50% (1 – 99%)
Specificity 97% (89 – 100%)
Positive Predictive Value 33% (1 – 91%)
Negative Predictive Value 98% (92 – 100%)
Accuracy 96% (74 – 100%)
REGIONAL RECURRENCE
Sensitivity 83% (36 – 100%)
Specificity 98% (91 – 100%)
Positive Predictive Value 83% (36 – 100%)
Negative Predictive Value 98% (91 – 100%)
Accuracy 97% (77 – 100%)

95% confidence interval shown in parentheses