Diagnostic Performance of Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Postchemotherapy Management of Patients with Seminoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic study and patient characteristics.

Authors	Year	Country	Study design	Mean age (years)	^18F-FDG PET or PET/CT scans	Scans with residual lesion <3 cm	Scans with residual lesion >3 cm
Ambrosini et al. [6]	2014	Italy	Retrospective and monocentric	37.7	45*	NR	NR
Bachner et al. [7]	2012	Several European countries and Canada	Retrospective and multicentric	NR	127	54	73
Siekiera et al. [8]	2012	Poland	Retrospective and monocentric	NR	37	20	17
Hinz et al. [9]	2008	Germany	Prospective and multicentric	42	20	8	12
Lewis et al. [10]	2006	USA	Retrospective and monocentric	NR	24	13	11
De Santis et al. [11]	2004	Austria and Germany	Prospective and multicentric	NR	56	37	19
Spermon et al. [12]	2002	Netherlands	NR and; monocentric	30	10	8	2
Hain et al. [13]	2000	UK	Retrospective and monocentric	30	27	NR	NR
Ganjoo et al. [14]	1999	USA	Prospective and monocentric	38	29	8	18

∗Only patients with seminoma who underwent PET or PET/CT for restaging or evaluation of postchemotherapy residual lesions were selected; NR: not reported.