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Diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT in bone tumors

  • Authors:
    • Songhui Han
    • Yanzhou Li
    • Yuejing Li
    • Min Zhao
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  • Published online on: March 4, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10101
  • Pages: 4271-4276
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Abstract

Clinical value of PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) in the diagnosis of malignant bone tumors (BT) was investigated. Fifty-four patients with BT were first diagnosed by ordinary CT and then by PET/CT. The diagnostic efficacy outcomes and diagnosis of malignant BT by clinical stage of the two methods for BT were observed and recorded, and the diagnostic value of PET/CT in the diagnosis of BT was evaluated. There were 14 cases of benign BT patients, 15 cases of stage I, 10 cases of stage II and 15 cases of stage III in malignant BT patients. The diagnostic coincidence rate of PET/CT was 92.59% and the diagnostic coincidence rate of CT was 72.22%, which showed that the diagnostic coincidence rate of PET/CT was significantly higher than that of CT (P<0.05). The sensitivity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value of PET/CT were 95.00, 85.71 and 95.00%, respectively, which were higher than those of CT (P<0.05). CT and PET/CT were used for the clinical staging and pathological diagnosis of malignant BT; the results showed that the diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT in the clinical stages of malignant BT was also significantly higher than that of CT (P<0.05). The diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT in BT is better than that in CT. PET/CT can diagnose the pathological properties of BT more accurately, and can also effectively diagnose the clinical stage of malignant BT and provide clinical diagnostic basis for follow-up procedures.
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Han S, Li Y, Li Y and Zhao M: Diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT in bone tumors. Oncol Lett 17: 4271-4276, 2019.
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Han, S., Li, Y., Li, Y., & Zhao, M. (2019). Diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT in bone tumors. Oncology Letters, 17, 4271-4276. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10101
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Han, S., Li, Y., Li, Y., Zhao, M."Diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT in bone tumors". Oncology Letters 17.5 (2019): 4271-4276.
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Han, S., Li, Y., Li, Y., Zhao, M."Diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT in bone tumors". Oncology Letters 17, no. 5 (2019): 4271-4276. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10101