Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
J Nucl Med. 2022 Dec;63(12):1887-1890. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.122.263902. Epub 2022 May 12.
To our knowledge, no prior multicenter clinical trial has reported interobserver agreement of F-FDG PET/CT scans for staging of clinical N0 neck in head and neck cancer. A total of 287 participants were recruited. For visual analysis, positive nodal uptake of F-FDG was defined as uptake visually greater than activity seen in the blood pool. The negative predictive value of the F-FDG PET/CT for N0 clinical neck was 86% or above for visual assessment (95% CI, 86%-88%) for the 2 central readers and above 90% (95% CI, 90%-95%) for SUV for central reads and site reads dichotomized at the optimal cutoff value of 1.8 and the prespecified cutoff value of 3.5, respectively. The κ coefficients between the 2 expert readers and between central reads and site reads varied between 0.53 and 0.78. The NPV of the F-FDG PET/CT for N0 clinical neck was 86% or above for visual assessment and above 90% for SUV cut points of 1.8 and 3.5 with moderate to substantial agreements.
据我们所知,尚无先前的多中心临床试验报告过用于头颈部癌症临床 N0 颈部分期的 F-FDG PET/CT 扫描的观察者间一致性。共招募了 287 名参与者。对于视觉分析,将 F-FDG 摄取的阳性淋巴结定义为摄取明显大于血池中的活性。对于 2 位中心读者,FDG PET/CT 对 N0 临床颈部的阴性预测值为 86%或以上(95%CI,86%-88%),对于 SUV,中心读者和部位读者分别以 1.8 的最佳截断值和预设的 3.5 的截断值分为二项式,其值均高于 90%(95%CI,90%-95%)。2 位专家读者之间以及中心读者和部位读者之间的κ系数在 0.53 到 0.78 之间。FDG PET/CT 对 N0 临床颈部的 NPV 为 86%或以上,视觉评估的 SUV 截断值为 1.8 和 3.5,具有中度至高度一致性。
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