Diagnostic accuracy of high b-value diffusion weighted imaging for patients with prostate cancer: a diagnostic comprehensive analysis.

ABSTRACT: We performed a meta-analysis to assess the diagnostic accuracy of high b-value diffusion-weighted imaging for patients with prostate cancer. A comprehensive literature search of the PubMed, Excerpta Medica Database, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medicine disc, and Wanfang databases from January 1, 1995, to April 30, 2021, was conducted. The quality of the retrieved papers was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2. The sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, diagnostic odds ratio, and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were evaluated using bivariate mixed effects models. A total of twenty-four articles matched the selection criteria and were finally included after scr

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8266335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature