PET/CT Is Complementary to Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Assessment of Irradiated Neck in Head and Neck Cancers

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Positive predictive value (PPV)</td><td align="center">95.8%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Negative predictive value (NPV)</td><td align="center">96.7%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sensitivity (SN)</td><td align="center">95.8%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Specificity (SP)</td><td align="center">96.7%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Overall accuracy of PET/CT in irradiated neck.

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Table 2: PET/CT Is Complementary to Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Assessment of Irradiated Neck in Head and Neck Cancers 