title: Gadoxetic acid disodium (Gd-EOBDTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the diagnostic value of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic, comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed (2004 [Gd-EOB-DTPA was first approved in Europe in 2004] to April 2013), Embase (2004 to April 2013), Web of Science (2004 to April 2013), and the Cochrane Library (2004 to April 2013). The Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Studies (QUADAS) items was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies. Stata 12.0 was used to analyze the data. Pooled sensitivity (SEN), pooled specificity (SPE), pooled positive likelihood ratio (PLR), pooled negative likelihood ratio (NLR), pooled diagnostic odds ratio (dOR), and summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves were calculated to assess the diagnostic value of the individual diagnostic tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 11 articles were included, involving 1578 nodules from four countries. The results of the meta-analysis showed that the pooled SEN, SPE, and SROC curve values were 0.92 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.89-0.94) 0.95 (95% CI: 0.93-0.97), and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.95-0.99), respectively, and subgroup analyses were performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI has value for the detection of HCC; in particular, it has high sensitivity for the detection of lesions larger than 10 mm.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Junqiang
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yinzhong
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shunlin
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiaohui
authors.forename: Zhai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yanan
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kehu
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C073590:gadolinium ethoxybenzyl DTPA; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA