Yoshida Y et al. - In a study to determine whether combined MRI and 18F-FDG PET is more accurate than MRI in assessing nonbenign uterine smooth muscle tumors (USMTs), it was found that the area under the receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve for MRI with 18F-FDG PET was significantly higher than that for MRI. MRI with 18F-FDG PET is useful in assessing nonbenign USMTs, as compared with MRI Methods
70 pts suspected of having nonbenign USMTs underwent both MRI and 18F-FDG PET before surgery
Results were evaluated using ROC analyses and the Cochran Q test
Results
The area under the ROC curve for MRI with 18F-FDG PET was significantly higher than that for MRI
Although multiple comparisons using the Cochran Q test were not significant, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for MRI with 18F-FDG PET with probable nonbenign USMT cases considered to be positive were higher than those for MRI
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