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. 2020 Feb 4;9:1571. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01571

Table 3.

Application of the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS)-2 for each included study.

Study Risk of bias Applicability concerns
Patient selection Index test Reference standard Flow and timing Patient selection Index test Reference standard
MR
Moreno et al. (20) ? L L L ? L L
Goel et al. (21) ? L L L ? L L
Yesuratnam et al. (19) H L L L L L L
Chen et al. (22) L L L L L L L
Park et al. (23) L L L L L L L
Lwin et al. (24) H L L L H L L
Jung et al. (25) L L L L L L L
Okura et al. (26) ? ? L H ? ? L
Lam et al. (27) L ? L L L ? L
US
Iida et al. (28) L ? L ? L ? L
Yesuratnam et al. (19) H L L L L L L
Chammas et al. (29) ? L L L ? L L
Lodder et al. (30) L H L H L H L
Kodama et al. (31) ? L L L ? L L
Mark Taylor et al. (32) ? L L ? ? L L
Kaneoya et al. (33) ? L L ? ? L L
Baek et al. (34) L ? L L L ? L
Yamane et al. (35) L ? L L L ? L
Songra et al. (36) L L L L L L L
Kurokawa et al. (37) H ? L L H ? L
Shintani et al. (38) H ? L ? H ? L

MR, magnetic resonance; US, ultrasonography H, high risk; L, low risk; ?, uncertain.