Is ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT an Accurate Way to Detect Lymph Node Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

Author	Year	Country	M/F	Study design	Study duration	Patient	Age mean ± SD or range
Bae et al. [18]	2018	Korea	100/76	Retro	2009–2016	176	—
Chen et al. [29]	2018	China	56/34	Retro	2011–2017	90	43–87
Akiyoshi et al. [30]	2008	Japan	36/29	Retro	2005–2007	65	37–64
Ono et al. [31]	2009	Japan	16/9	Retro	2004–2007	27	51–84
Sandhu et al. [32]	2016	UK	10/5	Pros		15	51.47 ± 13.53
Wang and Li [33]	2018	China	—	Retros	2015–2017	43	—
Tsunoda et al. [15]	2008	Japan	52/36	Pros	2004–2005	88	23–89
Atici et al. [34]	2016	Turkey	37/24	Pros	2008–2010	61	59.16 ± 11.3
Kim et al. [35]	2019	Korea	94/72	Retros	2009–2016	166	66.7 ± 10.6
Ishihara et al. [36]	2018	Japan	11/7	Retros	2012–2015	18	32–78
Kwak et al. [37]	2012	Korea	301/172	Retros	2004–2009	473	25–85
Chen et al. [38]	2007	China	28/20	Pros		68	27–77
Kijima et al. [12]	2009	Japan	—	Pros	2005–2008	170	35–81