Preoperatively predicting early response of HCC to TACE using clinical indicators and MRI features

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 5 Diagnostic performance of preoperative MR features and clinical indicators for predicting objective response of TACE

	AUROC	95% CI	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)
Pretreatment PLT count	0.606	0.501–0.711	50.0	70.9	63.6	58.2
Number of nodules	0.613	0.508–0.718	58.9	63.6	62.3	60.3
Irregular margin	0.640	0.537–0.744	57.1	70.9	66.7	61.9
Clinical combined model	0.755	0.663–0.846	78.6	69.1	72.1	76.0

TACE, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; AUROC, the area under the receiver operating characteristic; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; CI, confidence interval; PLT, platelet

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