Review Article
Clinical Applications of FDG PET and PET/CT in Head and Neck Cancer
Table 3
Studies evaluating performance of 18F-FDG PET or PET/CT for the detection of carcinoma of unknown primary in patients with negative workup.
| | Author year | Number of patients | All positive | True positive | False positive | Percent detected by PET |
| | Padovani et al. [46], 2009 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 54% | | Silva et al. [47], 2007 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12% | | Fakhry et al. [48], 2006 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35% | | Wong and Saunders [49], 2003 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29% | | Fogarty et al. [50], 2003 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5% | | Johansen et al. [51], 2002 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 24% | | Kresnik et al. [52], 2001 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 73% | | Jungehulsing et al. [53], 2000 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 26% |
| | Total | 180 | 81 | 51 | 30 | 28% |
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