| FDG-PET and other imaging modalities for the evaluation of breast cancer recurrence and metastases: a meta-analysis. | |
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PMID: 20091186 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Breast carcinoma is the most common cancer in female patients with a propensity for recurrence and metastases. The accuracy of ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scintimammography (SMM) and positron emission tomography (PET) in diagnosing the recurrent and/or breast cancer has never been systematically assessed, and present systematic review was aimed at this issue. METHODS: MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched for articles dealt with detection of recurrent and/or metastatic breast cancer by US, CT, MRI, SMM or PET whether interpreted with or without the use of CT. Histopathologic analysis and/or close clinical and imaging follow-up for at least 6 months were used as golden reference. We extracted data to calculate sensitivity, specificity, summary receiver operating characteristic curves and area under the curve and to test for heterogeneity. RESULT: In 42 included studies, US and MRI had highest pooled specificity (0.962 and 0.929, respectively); MRI and PET had highest pooled sensitivity (0.9500 and 0.9530, respectively). The AUC of US, CT, MRI, SMM and PET was 0.9251, 0.8596, 0.9718, 0.9386 and 0.9604, respectively. Results of pairwise comparison between each modality demonstrated that AUC of MRI and PET was higher than that of US or CT, p < 0.05. No statistical significance was found between MRI and PET. There was heterogeneity among studies and evidence of publication bias. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, MRI seemed to be a more useful supplement to current surveillance techniques to assess patients with suspected recurrent and/or metastatic breast cancer. If MRI shows an indeterminate or benign lesion or MRI was not applicable, FDG-PET could be performed in addition. |
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Authors:
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LingLing Pan; Yuan Han; XiaoGuang Sun; JianJun Liu; Huang Gang |
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Type: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis Date: 2010-01-21 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology Volume: 136 ISSN: 1432-1335 ISO Abbreviation: J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-05-24 Completed Date: 2010-06-17 Revised Date: 2010-09-27 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7902060 Medline TA: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1007-22 Citation Subset: IM |
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Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000 Lanzhou, China. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*, pathology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods* Middle Aged Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnosis* Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis* Positron-Emission Tomography / methods* ROC Curve Sensitivity and Specificity Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods* Young Adult |
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