Table 2.
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.