Table 2.

Diagnostic performance of various parameters

Feature	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Positive predictive value (%)	Negative predictive value (%)	Accuracy (%)
PET/CT alone*	94	79	73	96	85
Thoracic CECT alone	82	83	74	89	83
Combined two modalities	94	93	89	96	93
SUVgluc cutoff
> 5.7	82	100	100	91	93
SUVmax cutoff
> 4.9	82	100	100	91	93
> 5.2 [28]	82	100	100	91	93
> 3.5 [4]	94	79	73	96	85
Combined two modalities with cutoff > 4.9	94	100	100	97	98

*The diagnostic cutoff is according to Rahbar et al.[4]