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Table 1 Basic characteristics of included studies

From: The utility of 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of chondrosarcoma: a meta-analysis

Author

Year

Country

Design

Number of subjects

No. of patients with chondrosarcoma

Gender (M/F)

Age (mean, years)

Type of cartilaginous bone neoplasms

Inclusion interval

Imaging

Cutoff value of SUVmax

Injected dose

Reference test

Annovazzi et al. [14]

2019

Italy

R

95

60

40/55

53 ± 15

Enchondroma and chondrosarcoma

2011-2017

PET and PET/CT

2.6

5 MBq/kg

Post-surgical histology diagnosis, clinical and radiologic follow-up

Purandare et al. [15]

2019

India

R

66

40

NR

NR

Chondrosarcoma, enchondroma, and osteochondroma

2008.1-2018.6

PET/CT

3.1

5 MBq/kg

Post-surgical or a bioptic-histological diagnosis, clinical and radiologic follow-up

Vadi, et al [16]

2018

India

R

31

NR

20/21

42.19 (17-69)

Chondrosarcoma

2010.1-2016.12

PET/CT

NR

300-370 MBq

Pooled information from histological results and clinical or imaging follow-up

Jesus-Garcia et al. [12]

2016

Brazil

P

36

19

12/24

44 (21-68)

Enchondroma and chondrosarcoma

2009.10-2015.5

PET/CT

2.2

3.7 MBq/kg

Post-surgical histological diagnosis, clinical and radiologic follow-up

Costelloe et al. [20]

2013

USA

R

18

5

NR

NR

Enchondroma and chondrosarcoma

2007.1.1-2010.10.1

PET/CT

NR

370 MBq or 555-740 MBq

Pooled information from histological results and clinical or imaging follow-up

Purandare et al. [21]

2009

India

R

12

4

7/5

29.9 ± 11.6 (15-50)

Osseocartilaginous tumor, chondrosarcoma

2005-2007

PET/CT

1.3/3.3

370 MBq

Pooled information from histological results and clinical or imaging follow-up

Shin et al. [22]

2008

South Korea

R

12

6

NR

NR

Chondroblastoma, chondroma, enchondroma, and chondrosarcoma

2004.5-2007.6

PET/CT

3.8

8.14 MBq/kg

Pooled information from histological results and clinical or imaging follow-up

Strobel et al. [23]

2008

Switzerland

P

7

3

NR

NR

Chondrosarcoma, osteochondroma, chondroblastoma, and enchondroma

NR

PET

2.5

350-400 MBq

Pooled information from histological results and clinical or imaging follow-up

Feldman et al. [24]

2005

USA

R

29

18

9/20

53 ± 17.58 (11-85)

Enchondroma, osteochondroma, and chondrosarcoma

2000-2003

PET

2

5.18 MBq/kg

Pooled information from histological results and clinical or imaging follow-up

Brenner et al. [25]

2004

USA

R

31

31

17/14

50.4 ± 14.3 (23-85)

Chondrosarcoma

1995.5-2002.5

PET

NR

370 MBq

Post-surgical histology diagnosis

Lee et al. [26]

2004

USA

R

27

13

18/9

NR

Enchondroma, osteochondroma, and chondrosarcoma

1999-2002

PET

NR

5.18 MBq/kg

Histopathologic examination

Aoki et al. [27]

1999

Japan

P

11

5

4/7

44.3 ± 21.0 (12-78)

Enchondroma, osteochondroma, and chondrosarcoma

1997.8-1998.12

PET

1.3

5 MBq/kg

Histopathologic examination

  1. P prospective; R retrospective; NR not reported; PET positron emission tomography; CT computed tomography