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Tara J. Selman, Christopher Mann, MD, Javier Zamora, PhD, Tracy-Louise Appleyard, MBBS and Khalid Khan, MSc

From the Department of Reproductive and Child Health (Selman, Mann, Khan), University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; the Clinical Biostatistics Unit (Zamora), Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Appleyard), St. Michael's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom


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  		Figure 1: Search and selection of studies for systematic review. *Some studies reported on more than one index test.

 

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  		Figure 2: Bivariable analysis of the accuracy of sentinel node biopsy, positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in determining lymph node status in patients with cervical cancer. The bivariable analysis produces mean estimates of sensitivity and specificity along with the 95% confidence intervals of each index test. Each ellipsis represents the region containing likely combinations of the mean value of sensitivity and specificity. The closer the index values are to the upper-left corner, the greater the accuracy of that index test. Note: the x axis shows reversed specificity.

 

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