Research Article

Can Preoperative Examination Help Choose the Best Surgical Procedure in Gastric Cancer?

Table 4

Diagnostic value of the predictors of lymph node metastatic scope when used independently and in combination.

GroupSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)Accuracy (%)

CEA37.981.154.168.965.08
CT examination86.573.065.989.678.00
Tumor size49.670.650.070.362.70
CEA and CT examination17.096.272.766.266.75
CEA and tumor size28.494.174.168.969.66
Tumor size and CT examination43.384.462.271.469.05
All the three combined33.387.861.869.067.60