Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  359 / 1031 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 359 / 1031 Next Page
Page Background

Non-invasive staging: PET-CT

Review:

I

At least 17 well-documented prospective studies,

3 meta-analyses

I

PET more accurate than CT (90% vs 75%)

I

Correlation with CT scan improves interpretation

I

More reading see subsequent presentation

CT

PET

Sensitivity

60% 79%

Specificity

77% 91%

www.uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dwamena 1999, Fischer 2001, Toloza 2003