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Table 5 Sensitivities, specificities, positive and negative predictive values and accuracy rates after four cycles of chemotherapy

From: The role of chemotherapeutic drugs in the evaluation of breast tumour response to chemotherapy using serial FDG-PET

 

All women

TAX → FEC

FEC → TAX

Total number

60

31

29

Sensitivity

0.78

0.66

0.87

Specificity

0.60

0.48

0.76

Positive predictive value

0.37

0.23

0.58

Negative predictive value

0.90

0.85

0.94

Accuracy

0.65

0.51

0.79

  1. Sensitivities, specificities, positive and negative predictive values and accuracy rates for [18F]flourodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography based on a 75% reduction of maximal standard uptake volume after four cycles of chemotherapy. TAX, docetaxel (Taxotere®); FEC, combined flourouracil-epirubicin-cyclophosphamide anthracycline-based chemotherapy.
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Breast Cancer Research

ISSN: 1465-542X

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