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Diagnostic Accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET and PET/CT in the Differential Diagnosis between Malignant and Benign Pleural Lesions. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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F-FDG-PET and PET/CT demonstrated to be accurate diagnostic imaging methods in the differential diagnosis between malignant and benign pleural lesions; nevertheless, possible sources of false-negative and false-positive results should be kept in mind.
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This article is published in Academic Radiology.The article was published on 2014-01-01. It has received 44 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: PET-CT & Diagnostic odds ratio.

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Accuracy of Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET Imaging for Differentiating Benign From Malignant Pleural Effusions: A Meta-analysis

TL;DR: The moderate accuracy of PET-CT imaging using semiquantitative readings precludes its routine recommendation for discriminating malignant from benign pleural effusions.
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State-of-the-art: Radiological investigation of pleural disease

TL;DR: Existing techniques are summarized, highlighting the benefits and applications of these different imaging modalities and an up to date review of the evidence are provided.
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Evaluation of the patient with pleural effusion

TL;DR: Evaluation of the patient with pleural effusion is challenging, because the differential diagnosis is broad and includes both benign and life-threatening conditions.
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Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

TL;DR: Funnel plots, plots of the trials' effect estimates against sample size, are skewed and asymmetrical in the presence of publication bias and other biases Funnel plot asymmetry, measured by regression analysis, predicts discordance of results when meta-analyses are compared with single large trials.
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Trim and fill: A simple funnel-plot-based method of testing and adjusting for publication bias in meta-analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a rank-based data augmentation technique is proposed for estimating the number of missing studies that might exist in a meta-analysis and the effect that these studies might have had on its outcome.
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Meta-DiSc: a software for meta-analysis of test accuracy data

TL;DR: Meta-DiSc is a comprehensive and dedicated test accuracy meta-analysis software that has already been used and cited in several meta-analyses published in high-ranking journals and is publicly available.
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