Thursday, 27 February 2025 | 14:15 - 14:30

Predicting Complete Surgical Tumor Removal in Ovarian Cancer Patients Using Preoperative PET/CT: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Location:Amazonas 4+5 (Richter Gedeon Room)Track:Presentation (in Sections)
  • SECTION 11: Mini Scientific Student Conference

The cornerstone of ovarian cancer treatment is complete surgical removal. However, achieving complete surgical removal is challenging, and only possible in a selected patient population. Preoperative imaging modalities such as [18F]FDG PET/CT could be useful in patient selection for surgery.

In our systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to evaluate the role of preoperative [18F]FDG PET/CT in predicting complete surgical tumor removal.

Publications were pooled from two databases (PubMed, Mendeley) with predefined keywords. Primary and secondary surgeries were evaluated. Pooled sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPVs), and negative predictive values (NPVs) were calculated and statistically analyzed. Results were presented in forest plot diagrams and summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves.

Overall, 8 publications were included in our meta-analysis. PPV proved to be the highest value among the values we examined, especially among secondary surgeries.

Therefore, it can be a valuable predictor of complete successful secondary surgeries.

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Session location Amazonas 4+5 (Richter Gedeon Room)