Table 4 Sensitivities and specificities for the detection of distant metastases with combinations of staging investigations in patients with oesophageal or gastric cardia cancer who had undergone all investigations (n=264) and the average sensitivity and specificity of the 5 completed data sets (n=569)
n =264 | n =569 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supraclavicular lymph nodes | Celiac lymph nodes | Liver | Lung | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) |
CT | CT | CT | CT | 66 (33/50) | 95 (204/214) | 68 (65/96) | 96 (454/473)a |
+USn: 1 pos | CT | CT | CT | 86 (43/50) | 95 (203/214) | 84 (81/96) | 96 (453/473)b |
+USn: 1 pos | CT | +USa: 2 pos | CT | 82 (41/50) | 97 (208/214) | 81 (78/96) | 98 (463/473)c |
+USn: 1 pos | CT | +USa: 2 pos | +CXR: 2 pos | 78 (39/50) | 99 (211/214) | 74 (71/96) | 99 (469/473)d |
