. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Transl Imaging. 2018 May 16;6(4):257–269. doi: 10.1007/s40336-018-0284-9

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity, PPV of selected PET/CT studies for detecting nodal metastases of BCa with recommendations for staging

RF	n	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	Used for staging	Reference
¹⁸F-FDG	78	56	98	NA	Y	[5,60]
¹⁸F-FDG	54	41	86	58	Y	[5,63]
¹⁸F-FDG	61	47.1	93.2	72.7	Y	[5,68]
¹⁸F-FDG	93	68	95	86	Y	[5,69]
¹¹C-Choline	26	42	84	50	Y	[69,72]
¹¹C-Choline	59	59	90	71	Y	[69,73]

Note– RF= Radiopharmaceutical, n= Patient number, NA= Not applicable, PPV: Positive Predictive Value, ¹⁸F-FDG= ¹⁸Fluorine-2-deoxy-2-fluorodeoxyglucose, ¹¹C= ¹¹Carbon, Y: Yes