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. 2015 Mar 14;21(10):2988–2996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i10.2988

Table 3.

Performances of contrast-enhanced computed tomography, positron emission tomography/computed tomography, and positron emission tomography/contrast-enhanced computed tomography fusion images in the stage assessments of pancreatic cancer n (%)

Peripancreatic vessel invasion
Regional lymph node metastasis
Distant metastasis
SEN SPE PPV NPV ACC SEN SPE PPV NPV ACC SEN SPE PPV NPV ACC
CECT 14 (93.3) 15 (93.8) 14 (93.3) 15 (93.8) 29 (93.5) 12 (63.2) 11 (91.7) 12 (92.3) 11 (61.1) 23 (74.2) 10 (58.8) 33 (100) 10 (100) 33 (82.5) 43 (86.0)
Routine PET/CT 4 (26.7) 12 (75.0) 4 (50) 12 (52.2) 16 (51.6) 15 (78.9) 10 (83.3) 15 (88.2) 10 (71.4) 25 (80.6) 14 (82.4) 30 (90.9) 14 (82.4) 30 (90.9) 44 (88)
PET/CECT 14 (93.3) 15 (93.8) 14 (93.3) 15 (93.8) 29 (93.5) 17 (89.5) 11 (91.7) 17 (94.4) 11 (84.6) 28 (90.3) 16 (94.1) 32 (97.0) 16 (94.1) 32 (97.0) 48 (96.0)
PET/CECT vs PET/CT χ2 = 13.889 P = 0.001 χ2 = 2.133 P = 0.144 χ2 = 5.759 P = 0.016 χ2 = 7.657 P = 0.006 χ2 = 13.697 P = 0.001 χ2 = 0.792 P = 0.374 χ2 = 0.381 P = 0.537 χ2 = 0.430 P = 0.512 χ2 = 0.678 P = 0.410 χ2 = 1.170 P = 0.279 χ2 = 1.133 P = 0.287 χ2 = 1.065 P = 0.302 χ2 = 1.133 P = 0.287 χ2 = 1.065 P = 0.302 χ2 = 2.174 P = 0.140
PET/CECT vs CECT χ2 = 0.000 P = 1.000 χ2 = 0.000 P = 1.000 χ2 = 0.000 P = 1.000 χ2 = 0.000 P = 1.000 χ2 = 0.000 P = 1.000 χ2 = 3.640 P = 0.056 χ2 = 0.000 P = 1.000 χ2 = 0.057 P = 0.811 χ2 = 2.024 P = 0.155 χ2 = 2.763 P = 0.096 χ2 = 5.885 P = 0.015 χ2 = 1.015 P = 0.314 χ2 = 0.611 P = 0.434 χ2 = 3.880 P = 0.049 χ2 = 3.053 P = 0.081

PET/CT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; CECT: Contrast-enhanced CT; SEN: Sensibility; SPE: Specificity; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value; ACC: Accuracy.