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. 2008 Dec 2;467(6):1605–1611. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0647-z

Table 2.

Data summary for FDG-PET SUVmax

Patients Number SUVmax
Median Standard deviation Minimum Maximum
All patients 44 4.35 2.5 1.2 13.0
Patients who died of disease 13 6.6 1.7 4.0 13.0
Patients with metastasis at presentation 5 6.5 1.1 6.0 9.6
Patients who had metastasis develop 13 5.9 1.8 4.0 9.1
Patients with local recurrence 7 6.6 2.4 3.1 7.9

FDG-PET = 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; SUVmax = maximum standard uptake value.