Liver Cancer
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2005; 11(16): 2402-2407
Published online Apr 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i16.2402
Table 1 Appearance of the 46 hepatic lesions on contrast-enhanced C3-MODE technology: corresponding to the pathological diagnosis.
C3-MODEPathological diagnosis
HCCMetastatic tumorHemangiomaLipid degeneration
HCC27010
Metastatic tumor0500
Hemangioma0193
Table 2 Ability of differential diagnosis of malignant or benign lesions in liver: comparison between contrast-enhanced C3-MODE technology and contrast-enhanced CT.
Pathological diagnosis
SensitivitySpecificityAccuracy
MalignantBenign
C3-MODEMalignant32197.0%92.3%95.7%
Benign112
CTMalignant32294.1%91.7%93.5%
Benign111
Total3313