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Diagnostic Accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET in Patients with Testicular Cancer: a Meta-analysis

  • Zhao, Jing-Yi (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University) ;
  • Ma, Xue-Lei (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University) ;
  • Li, Yan-Yan (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University) ;
  • Zhang, Bing-Lan (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University) ;
  • Li, Min-Min (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University) ;
  • Ma, Xue-Lei (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University) ;
  • Liu, Lei (Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

Objective: Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) is a new technique for identifying different malignant tumors using different uptake values between tumor cells and normal tissues. Here we assessed the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET in patients with testicular cancer by pooling data of existing trials in a meta-analysis. Methods: PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Central Trials databases were searched and studies published in English relating to the diagnostic value of FDG-PET for testicular cancer were collected. The summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve was used to examine the FDG-PET accuracy. Results: A total of 16 studies which included 957 examinations in 807 patients (median age, 31.1 years) were analyzed. A meta-analysis was performed to combine the sensitivity and specificity and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs), from diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), positive likelihood ratios (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR). SROC were derived to demonstrate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET for testicular cancer. The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.75 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.70-0.80) and 0.87 (95% CI, 0.84-0.89), respectively. The pooled DOR was 35.6 (95% CI, 12.9-98.3). The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.88. The pooled PLR and pooled NLR were 7.80 (95% CI, 3.73-16.3) and 0.31 (95% CI, 0.23-0.43), respectively. Conclusion: In patients with testicular cancer, 18F-FDG-PET demonstrated a high SROC area, and could be a potentially useful tool if combined with other imaging methods such as MRI and CT. Nevertheless, the literature focusing on the use of 18F-FDG-PET in this setting still remains limited.

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