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Table 3 Diagnostic value of the published literature (PUBMED) in breast cancer axillary lymph node evaluation using Tc99m sestamibi.

From: Planar Tc99m – sestamibi scintimammography should be considered cautiously in the axillary evaluation of breast cancer protocols: Results of an international multicenter trial

Author

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

N° of patients

Ref.N°

Lam et al. Eur J Nucl Med, 1996

64

90

31

16

Cistaro et al. Minerva Chir, 1997

75

90

45

17

Schillaci et al. Anticancer Res, 1997

61.9 81 *

96.4 92.9 *

49

18

Akcay et al. Clin Nucl Med, 1997

66

100

30

19

Tolmos et al. Am Surg, 1997

75

82

31

20

Perre et al. Eur J Surg Oncol, 1997

91

64

36

21

Taillefer et al. J Nucl Med, 1998

79.2

84.6

100

22

Danielsson et al. Acta Radiol, 1999

67

80

58

23

Arslan et al. Nucl Med Commun, 1999

68

93

77

24

Mulero et al. Rev Esp Med Nucl, 2000

36

100

84

25

Yutani et al. J Comput Assist Tomography, 2000

38*

NA

40

15

Nishiyama et al. Eur J Nucl Med, 2001

73

NA

50

26

Lumachi et al. Eur J Surg Oncol, 2001

82.3

94.1

239

27

Chen et al. Chin Med J, 2003

83.3

86.1

60

28

IAEA group

28

92

149

 
  1. NA : Not available
  2. * : SPECT