Role of (18F) 2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in upper gastrointestinal malignancies

Table 4 Positron emission tomography computed tomography for the detection of gastric cancer recurrence

Author	Yr	n	Discriminatingfactor	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
				PET	PET
De Potter et al[85]	2002	33		70	69
Jadvar et al[90]	2003	16		94	100
Yoshioka et al[75]	2003		Liver	78-85	82-74
			Lung	67	88
			Bone	30	82
			Pleural	4	100
			Ascites	24	76
Patriti et al[89]	2007	51		100
Nakamoto et al[88]	2009	44	Previous suspicious imaging	80	100
		14	Tumor markers positive	73	83
		26	Routine	50	88
Park et al[117]	2009	105		75	77
Sim et al[86]	2009	52		68.40	71.40
Sohn et al[118]	2009	212	Post ablation	0

PET: Positron emission tomography.