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Treadwell J, Mitchell M, Eatmon K, et al. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2014 Sep. (Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 141.)

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Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma [Internet].

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Table 3KQ1a: Summary results of systematic reviews on diagnosis

ModalityMDCTEUS-FNAMRIPET/CT
Number of reviews18, and 4 were high quality3 (2 mostly duplicative of each other)3
Quality of reviews (based on revised AMSTAR)Low4 Low, 4 HighLowLow
Most recent review2005201320122013
Range of resultsSensitivity: 91%
Specificity: 85%
High quality reviews:
Sensitivity: 85% to 93%
Specificity: 94% to 100%
Sensitivity: 84% to 86%
Specificity: 82% to 91%
Sensitivity: 87% to 90%
Specificity: 80% to 85%

EUS-FNA = Endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration; MDCT = multidetector computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PET/CT = position emission tomography–computed tomography.

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