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Table 5 The PET/CT evaluation and presence of metastasis in mediastinal and hilar lymph node stations

From: The correlation of SUVmax with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and the value of Tumor/ Lymph node SUVmax ratio for predicting metastasis to lymph nodes in resected NSCLC patients

PET/CT

Metastasis (+)

Metastasis (-)

Total

Positive§

14

86

100

Negative

8

226

234

Total

22

312

334

  1. §A quantifiable SUVmax value is considered as positive.
  2. -The sensitivity of PET/CT: 63.6%, the specificity of PET/CT: 72.4%.
  3. -False positive lymph node ratio 86%, false negative lymph node ratio 3.4%.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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