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. 2020 Jan 29;20:69. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-6558-4

Table 2.

Comparison between PET/CT scan and NBI endoscopy

Sensitivity Specificity AUC
ESCC
 PET/CT scan 50.00% 97.81% 0.739 (0.660–0.808)
 NBI 100.0% 81.75% 0.909 (0.850–0.950)
Suspicious esophageal lesionsa
 PET/CT scan 33.33% 97.73% 0.655 (0.573–0.732)
 NBI 100.0% 84.85% 0.924 (0.869–0.961)

AUC area under the curve, ESCC esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

ainclude both ESCC and high-grade dysplasia