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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Aug 17;70(11):e30628. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30628

Table 3:

Relative SUVmax values for respective clinical contexts and PET-bone scan concordance.

Timing N FDG-Avid Lesion Reported
n/N (%)
Max SUV FDG-PET Values, median [r] PET-Bone Scan Concordance
Primary Site – Pre-Chemotherapy
Diagnosis 11 11/11 (100) 7.4 [2.0–16.2]
(n=9)a
NA
Resection with macroscopic residual disease 4 4/4 (100) 4.6 [3.3–7.0]
(n=4)
NA
Resection with no residual disease 6 4/6 (67) 2.2 [1.5–2.8]
(n=2)a
NA
Primary Site – Post-Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Chest Recurrence Pre-Treatment 8 8/8 (100) 6.1 [1.6–12.7]
(n=8)
NA
Surveillance 16 5/16 (31) 3 [1.3–5.3]
(n=5)
NA
Metastatic Disease – Pre-Chemotherapy
Distant Bone Metastasis at Diagnosis 3 3/3 (100) 2.5 [2.0–3.8]
(n=3)
100% (3/3)
Distant Bone Metastasis at Relapse 2 2/2 (100) 3.2 [2.9–3.4]
(n=2)
100% (1/1)
CNS Metastasis 3 0/3 (0) NA NA

CNS = central nervous system, FDG-PET = fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography, GTR = gross total resection, n = number, N = number assessed, r = range, SUV = standardized uptake value

a

– Two patients without SUVmax value reported