LI Yunzhi 1,2 , MA Bin 1 , YANG Kehu 1,2 , ZHOU Huaiqi 1,2,3
  • 1. Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Lanzhou University, Basic Science School of Lanzhou University, LanZhou 730000, China;2. The First Clinical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;3. The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
ZHOU Huaiqi, Email: zhouhuaiqi@163.com
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Objective  To assess the diagnostic value of MRI and Bone Scan (BS) for osseous metastases in patients with breast cancer.
Methods  The trials were searched from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI and VIP; the Criteria for inclusion and exclusion were based on the standard for diagnosis tests. Meta-Disc software (Version 1.4) was used for data analysis; and the area under curve (AUC) of SROC was calculated.
Results  A total of 5 researches involving 329 patients were included. The sensitivity of MRI and BS were 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) and 0.93 (0.88, 0.97) respectively; the specificity for MRI and BS were 0.99 (0.95, 1.00) and 0.86 (0.79, 0.92) respectively; and the AUC of SROC curve for MRI and BS were 0.993 6 and 0.967 5 respectively.
Conclusion  MRI can be regarded as an effective and feasible method for osseous metastases in breast cancer.

Citation: LI Yunzhi,MA Bin,YANG Kehu,ZHOU Huaiqi. Diagnostic Value of MRI versus Bone Scan for Osseous Metastasis in Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(10): 1159-1163. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100563 Copy

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