Table 1 Study characteristics of narrow band imaging.

From: The value of narrow band imaging in diagnosis of head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis

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Location

Author

Year

Country

Publication

Patients

Lesions

Mean Age

Male/Female

Evaluation

Pathologists

Endoscopists

Magnification

High Definition

Endoscopy system

Real Time

1

nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Haidi Yang

2012

China

Full text

1854

1854

53.1 ± 8.3

1153/701

Prospective

2

—

no

no

—

real time

2

nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Ching YinHo

2011

China

Full text

63

63

46.8

46/17

Prospective

—

—

no

no

—

real time

3

nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Wen Hung Wang

2012

China

Full text

106

106

55.6 ± 11.9

80/26

Prospective

1

—

no

no

—

real time

4

nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Wen Hung Wang

2011

China

Full text

79

79

52.9 ± 21.8

58/21

Prospective

1

2

no

no

—

real time

5

nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Yi Hui Wen

2012

China

Full text

211

285

38

133/78

Prospective

2

2

no

no

Visera

real time

6

cancers in head and neck

Manabu Muto

2010

Japan

Full text

320

29

64

141/17

RCT

4

—

yes

no

Lucera

real time

7

cancers in head and neck

PhanNguyen

2013

Australia

Full text

73

43

64.15 ± 8.23

58/15

Prospective

—

2

no

no

—

real time

8

cancers in head and neck

CesarePiazza

2010

Italy

Full text

59

59

62

49/10

Prospective

1

3

no

yes

Exera

real time

9

cancers in head and neck

Akihito Watanabe

2008

Japan

Full text

667

667

65.9 ± 8.3

569/98

Prospective

1

—

no

no

—

real time

10

cancers in head and neck

Piazza C.

2011

Italy

Abstract

551

551

—

—

Prospective

—

—

no

yes

—

real time

11

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

GiancarloTirelli

2015

Italy

Full text

16

32

64.3

11/5

Prospective

1

2

no

no

Visera

real time

12

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

Shih Wei Yang

2015

China

Full text

72

72

54.6 ± 11.2

66/6

Retrospective

2

2

no

no

—

retrospect

13

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

AN Vu

2015

Australia

Full text

98

93

male:58.58 ± 9.42;female:62.09 ± 11.12

43/52

Prospective

1

1

yes

yes

Exera

real time

14

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

Shih Wei Yang

2014

China

Full text

63

63

57.9 ± 16.7

41/22

Retrospective

2

2

no

no

—

retrospect

15

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

S.-W. Yang

2013

China

Full text

317

317

52.4 ± 10.7

274/43

Retrospective

2

—

no

no

—

retrospect

16

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

S.-W. Yang

2012

China

Full text

414

414

52.15 ± 10.75

365/49

Retrospective

2

—

no

no

—

retrospect

17

oral and oropharyngeal cancers

Majorana A.

2010

Italy

Abstract

80

80

—

—

Prospective

—

—

no

yes

—

real time

18

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

Michal Zabrodsky

2014

Czech Republic

Full text

66

66

63

44/12

Prospective

—

3

yes

yes

Exera

real time

19

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

Giulia Bertino

2015

Italy

Full text

217

248

63.8

198/19

Retrospective

—

—

no

no

Exera

retrospect

20

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

X-G NI

2011

China

Full text

85

104

55

80/5

Prospective

2

1

no

no

Lucera

real time

21

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

Cesare Piazza

2010

Italy

Full text

279

279

65

253/26

Prospective

1

3

no

yes

Exera

real time

22

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

Akihito Watanabe

2009

Japan

Full text

34

35

69.5 ± 9.8

31/3

Prospective

—

—

no

no

—

real time

23

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

Hitomi Minami

2012

Japan

Full text

222

294

67.0 ± 16.0

169/53

Prospective

—

2

yes

yes

—

real time

24

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

Marcel Kraft

2016

Switzerland

Full text

205

205

60

153/52

Prospective

1

3

no

yes

Exera

real time

25

laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers

X-G NI

2010

China

Full text

122

149

56

113/9

Prospective

2

2

no

no

Lucera

real time