Table 1.
Selected studies evaluating recurrent or metastatic RCC.
| Author | Year | N | Study type | Instrument | Reference Std | Met Location | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safaei, et al. | 2002 | 36 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 87 | 100 | - | - | 89 |
| Wu, et al. | 2003 | 18 | Not Reported | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | Bone | 100 | 100 | - | - | - |
| Aide, et al. | 2003 | 53 | Prospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 100 | 93 | NA | NA | 94 |
| Chang, et al. | 2003 | 15 | Retrospective | PET | Histology | Lung | 90 | 80 | - | - | 87 |
| Jadvar, et al. | 2003 | 25 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 87 | 75 | 94 | 33 | 72 |
| Majhail, et al. | 2004 | 24 | Retrospective | PET | Histology | - | 63.6 | 100 | 100 | - | - |
| Kang, et al. | 2004 | 66 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | Retroperitoneum | 75 | 100 | - | - | - |
| Kang, et al. | 2004 | 66 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | Lung | 75 | 97 | - | - | - |
| Kang, et al. | 2004 | 66 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | Bone | 77 | 100 | - | - | - |
| Dilhuydy, et al. | 2007 | 24 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 75 | 50 | 92.3 | 33.3 | - |
| Park, et al. | 2009 | 63 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 87 | 83.3 | 77.3 | 92.6 | 85.7 |
| de Llano, et al. | 2010 | 58 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 80.56 | 86.36 | 90.6 | 73.8 | 58.7 |
| Kumar, et al. | 2010 | 63 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 90 | 91 | - | - | 90 |
| Nakatani, et al. | 2011 | 23 | Retrospective | PET | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 80 | 67 | 94 | 33 | 78 |
| Bertagna, et al. | 2013 | 68 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 82 | 100 | 100 | 66.7 | 86.8 |
| Fuccio, et al. | 2014 | 69 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 90 | 92 | 95 | 85 | 91 |
| Öztürk | 2015 | 132 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 93.8 | 88.2 | 92.6 | 88.2 | 91.6 |
| Win, Aparici | 2015 | 315 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology | - | 100 | 100 | - | - | - |
| Alongi, et al. | 2016 | 104 | Retrospective | PET/CT | Histology, clinical outcome | - | 74 | 80 | 83 | 70 | 84 |
Positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), accuracy (Acc)