Table 1 Summary of qualitative 1H-MRS literature published to date
From: In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of breast cancer: a review of the literature
Study | n | Technique | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roebuck et al. 1998 [3] | 17 | SV | 70% | 86% | 88% |
Gribbestad et al. 1998 [23] | 22 | SV | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Kvistad et al. 1999 [4] | 40 | SV | 82% | 61% | 82% |
Cecil et al. 2001 [24] | 38 | SV | 83% | 87% | 90% |
Yeung et al. 2001 [25] | 30 | SV | 92% | 83% | 97% |
Jagannathan et al. 2001 [5] | 46 | SV | 81% | 86% | 93% |
Kim et al. 2003 [26] | 35 | SV | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Joe et al. 2005 [27] | 15 | SV | 100% | NA | NA |
Stanwell et al. 2005 [28] | 64 | SV | 80% | 86% | 84% |
Jacobs et al. 2005 [18] | 9 | MRSI | 80% | 100% | 100% |
Geraghty et al. 2008 [29] | 16 | SV | 88% | NA | NA |
Baltzer et al. 2011 [30] | 62 | SV | 62% | 86% | 90% |
Chen et al. 2011 [31] | 62 | SV | 73% | NA | NA |