TABLE 23, Overall accuracies of each diagnostic method - Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the Assessment of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Early Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation

Diagnostic method	Overall accuracy (%)
Clinical examination	64.8
Ultrasound for clinically negative	78.2
Ultrasound for clinically positive	71.5
Biopsy	88.7
4-NS	97.7
SLNB	97.1
MRI	89.9
PET	81.5
ALND	100.0

From: 4, Assessment of cost-effectiveness

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the Assessment of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Early Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation.

Health Technology Assessment, No. 15.4.

Cooper KL, Meng Y, Harnan S, et al.

Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2011 Jan.

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TABLE 23Overall accuracies of each diagnostic method