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. 2021 Feb 9;22(5):714–724. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0689

Table 2. Diagnostic Performance, Sensitivity, and Specificity of CT Set and CT Plus PET/MRI Set in the Initial Workup Group.

Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2
CT CT + PET/MRI P CT CT + PET/MRI P
The likelihood of malignancy
 Az 0.95 (0.87–0.99) 0.97 (0.89–1.00) 0.716 0.96 (0.88–0.99) 0.93 (0.83–0.98) 0.297
 Sensitivity (%)* 93.2 (55/59) 94.9 (56/59) 1.000 91.5 (54/59) 93.2 (55/59) 1.000
 Specificity (%)* 83.3 (5/6) 100.0 (6/6) 1.000 100.0 (6/6) 100.0 (6/6) NA
Local resectability
 Az 0.95 (0.84–1.00) 0.97 (0.86–1.00) 0.191 0.88 (0.71–0.96) 0.90 (0.76–0.97) 0.563
 Sensitivity (%) 90.6 (29/32) 93.7 (30/32) 1.000 81.2 (26/32) 81.2 (26/32) 1.000
 Specificity (%) 87.5 (7/8) 87.5 (7/8) NA 62.5 (5/8) 75.0 (6/8) 1.000
Distant lymph node metastasis
 Az 0.73 (0.60–0.84) 0.92 (0.82–0.98) 0.004 0.81 (0.68–0.90) 0.92 (0.81–0.97) 0.023
 Sensitivity (%) 50.0 (10/20) 80.0 (16/20) 0.070 60.6 (12/20) 85.0 (17/20) 0.125
 Specificity (%) 92.3 (36/39) 92.3 (36/39) 1.000 84.6 (33/39) 92.3 (36/39) 0.375
Hepatic metastasis
 Az 0.77 (0.64–0.87) 0.91 (0.81–0.97) 0.027 0.76 (0.64–0.86) 0.92 (0.81–0.97) 0.021
 Sensitivity (%) 52.6 (10/19) 84.2 (16/19) 0.016 57.9 (11/19) 89.5 (17/19) 0.031
 Specificity (%) 97.5 (39/40) 97.5 (39/40) NA 100 (40/40) 92.5 (37/40) 0.250
Peritoneal seeding
 Az 0.90 (0.80–0.96) 0.92 (0.81–0.97) 0.795 0.88 (0.77–0.95) 0.92 (0.83–0.98) 0.474
 Sensitivity (%) 71.4 (5/7) 85.7 (6/7) 1.000 57.1 (4/7) 71.4 (5/7) 1.000
 Specificity (%) 98.1 (51/52) 98.1 (51/52) NA 100.0 (52/52) 98.1 (51/52) 1.000
Other metastasis
 Az 0.56 (0.43–0.69) 1.00 (0.94–1.00) < 0.0001 0.51 (0.38–0.64) 0.88 (0.76–0.95) < 0.0001
 Sensitivity (%) 12.5 (1/8) 100.0 (8/8) 0.016 0 (0/8) 75.0 (6/8) 0.031
 Specificity (%) 100.0 (51/51) 100.0 (51/51) NA 98.0 (50/51) 100.0 (51/51) 1.000
Overall resectability
 Az 0.79 (0.66–0.88) 0.92 (0.82–0.98) 0.007 0.82 (0.70–0.91) 0.94 (0.85–0.99) 0.021
 Sensitivity (%) 85.7 (24/28) 89.3 (25/28) 1.000 75.0 (21/28) 85.7 (24/28) 0.453
 Specificity (%) 67.7 (21/31) 90.3 (28/31) 0.016 77.4 (24/31) 96.8 (30/31) 0.031

Data were calculated using the z-test. The numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals. *Calculated using the McNemar test. Numbers in parentheses are numbers of patients. Az = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, NA = not assessable