Table 5 Diagnostic performance of interpretative criteria for prediction of complete response and progressive disease applied to all primary tumours, all nodal disease, HPV-positive OPC, HPV-negative OPC and Hypopharynx/Larynx sub-groups. Mean values for each diagnostic performance metric across all 4 IC are also provided. () = number of cases provided.

From: Post-treatment FDG PET-CT in head and neck carcinoma: comparative analysis of 4 qualitative interpretative criteria in a large patient cohort

 

NI-RADS

Porceddu

Hopkins

Deauville

Mean

All Primary Tumour

Sensitivity

47.06

55.46

52.8

52.99

52.1

Specificity

98.72

95.64

95.86

96

96.6

PPV

92.31

82.5

82.5

82.67

85.0

NPV

85.08

85.28

84.6

85.01

85.0

Accuracy

85.99

84.77

84.23

84.62

84.9

All Node

Sensitivity

47.37

57.43

48.33

50.91

51.0

Specificity

99.04

98.93

99.09

99.07

99.0

PPV

93.75

95.08

95.08

94.92

94.7

NPV

86.15

86.6

84.06

85.52

85.6

Accuracy

87.04

87.96

85.56

86.81

86.8

All HPV-positive OPC

Sensitivity

44.44

61.54

42.11

45.45

48.4

Specificity

99.35

99.28

99.36

99.36

99.3

PPV

92.31

94.12

94.12

93.75

93.6

NPV

91.12

93.24

87.64

89.6

90.4

Accuracy

91.21

93.33

88.21

89.95

90.7

All HPV-negative OPC

Sensitivity

61.54

64.29

56.25

60

60.5

Specificity

96

96

96

96

96.0

PPV

88.89

90

90

90

89.7

NPV

82.76

82.76

77.42

80

80.7

Accuracy

84.21

84.62

80.49

82.5

83.0

All Hypopharynx/Larynx

Sensitivity

32.14

44.12

42.86

44.12

40.8

Specificity

100 (9)

93.75

93.88

93.75

93.8

PPV

100 (9)

83.33

83.33

83.33

57.9

NPV

70.31

70.31

69.7

70.31

70.2

Accuracy

73.97

73.17

72.62

73.17

73.2

  1. Key: OPC = oropharyngeal cancer.