Table IV.
Diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT on osseous and soft tissue sarcomas in the included studies.
| Authors | TP | FP | FN | TN | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | (Refs.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byun et al | 52 | 15 | 3 | 763 | 0.95 (0.85–0.99) | 0.98 (0.97–0.99) | (20) |
| Charest et al | 153 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 0.94 (0.89–0.97) | 1.00 (0.93–1.00) | (9) |
| Fuglø et al | 20 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 0.87 (0.66–0.97) | 0.98 (0.92–1.00) | (11) |
| Pepirkova et al | 424 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 0.99 (0.98–1.00) | 1.00 (0.95–1.00) | (10) |
| Sharma et al | 38 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0.95 (0.83–0.99) | 0.87 (0.70–0.96) | (12) |
| Shin et al | 36 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 0.80 (0.65–0.90) | 0.65 (0.50–0.79) | (8) |
| Strobel et al | 30 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0.91 (0.76–0.98) | 0.76 (0.50–0.93) | (7) |
| Tateishi et al | 44 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 0.88 (0.76–0.95) | 0.95 (0.87–0.98) | (6) |
| Xu et al | 51 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 0.84 (0.72–0.92) | 0.81 (0.66–0.91) | (13) |
| All cases | 372 | 37 | 43 | 286 | 0.90 (0.86–0.92) | 0.89 (0.85–0.92) | |
| All lesions | 848 | 52 | 49 | 1,120 | 0.95 (0.93–0.96) | 0.96 (0.94–0.97) |
PET, positron emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; TP, true-positive; TN, true-negative; FP, false-positive; FN, false-negative; CI, confidence interval.