Node characteristics in patients with malignant ovarian tumor after SLN mapping and systematic lymphadenectomy (N=39)
Study | N | Type of tumor | SLN positive/total (%) | Type of SLN involvement | Non-SLN positive/total (%) | SE/Sp/NPV |
Nyberg 13 | 4 | EOC | 1/8 (13) | NA | 4/121 (3.3) | Sensivity 100% |
Angelucci15 | 5 | EOC | 0/7 (0). | NA | 0/107 (0) | Specificity, NPV: 100% |
Hassanzadeh16 | 17 | EOC | 4/20 (20) | NA | NA | Sensitivity: 100% |
Kleppe17 | 6 | EOC | 3/23 (13) | 3 MM | 1/65 (1.5) | Sensitivity: 100% |
Buda18 | 7 | EOC | 0/11 (0) | NA | 0/165 (0) | Specicifity, NPV: 100% |
EOC, epithelial ovarian cancer; MM, micrometastasis; NA, Not available; NPV, negative predictive value; SE, sensitivity; SLN, sentinel lymph node; Sp, specificity.