Molecular Analyses of Aspirated Cystic Fluid for the Differential Diagnosis of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Summary of included studies.

Study	Number of patients	Number of malignancies	Reference standard(s)	Cross-sectional design?	Consecutive sampling?	Prospective design?
Khalid et al., 2005 [18]	36	11/36 (31%)	Pathology, cytology	No	Unknown	Yes
Schoedel et al., 2006 [19]	16	4/16 (25%)	Pathology	No	No	No
Sreenarasimhaiah et al., 2009 [20]	20	9/20 (45%)	Pathology	No	No	No
Shen et al., 2009 [21]	35	6/35 (17%)	CCD	Yes	Yes	No
Sawhney et al., 2009 [22]	100	5/19 (26%)	Pathology	No	Yes	No
Khalid et al., 2009 [23]	113	40/113 (35%)	Pathology	Yes	Yes	Yes
Talar-Wojnarowska et al., 2012 [24]	56	NR	Pathology, cytology, follow-up	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chai et al., 2013 [25]	52	NR	Pathology, cytology, follow-up	Yes	Yes	NR

CCD: clinical consensus diagnosis; NR: not reported.