Table 3. Per-lesion accuracy of radiologists and gastroenterologists in detecting cancers or adenomas on CTCa.
Performance by lesion |
Cancer or adenoma ≥6 mm |
Cancer or adenoma ≥10 mm |
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GI | RAD | GI | RAD | |
True-positive results, no. | 441 | 394 | 213 | 205 |
False-negative results, no. | 97 | 144 | 25 | 33 |
False-positive results, no. | 95 | 122 | 14 | 24 |
C0 (CTC image not available) | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
Sensitivity (95% CI) | 0.82 (0.78–0.85) | 0.73 (0.69–0.77) | 0.89 (0.85–0.93) | 0.86 (0.81–0.90) |
P value | 0.000002 | 0.10 | ||
Positive predictive value (95% CI) | 0.82 (0.79–0.85) | 0.76 (0.72–0.80) | 0.94 (0.90–0.97) | 0.90 (0.85–0.93) |
P value | 0.001 | 0.025 |
CI, confidence interval; CTC, computed tomographic colonography; GI, gastroenterologist; RAD, radiologist.
Values of RAD for detection of lesions on CTC were averaged among radiologists, and values of GI were averaged among gastroenterologists.