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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Oct 3;26(13):4238–4243. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07867-x

TABLE 2.

Accuracy of Post-NAC Axillary Exam, Ultrasound, and MRI in Detecting Residual Nodal Disease in cN+ Patients

Clinical Exam MRI Ultrasound
PPV NPV Accuracy PPV NPV Accuracy PPV NPV Accuracy
Javid (2010) n = 38 - - - 80.9% 92.3% - - - -
Hieken (2013) n = 154 (MRI 88, US 106) - - - 75% 42.5% 60% 71% 56.8% 65%
*Boileau (2014) n = 153 89% 38% 45% - - - 81% 48% 62%
Steiman (2016) n = 135 - - - 93% 26% 48% - - -
Hyun (2016) n = 115 - - - 96.8% 65.5% 74% - - -
*Schwentner (2017) n = 651 (US 299, CE 352) 65.3% 46.6% - - - - 77.5% 50.3%
Weber (2017) n = 65 - - - 67% 66% - - - -

PPVpositive predictive value, NPVnegative predictive value, US ultrasound, CE clinical exam

All studies of include patients with both positive and negative axillary clinical exam

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Analyses of prospective trial data