Table 2.

Individual results of metastasis group

Patient no.	Location tumour 1	SUVmax tumour 1	Location tumour 2	SUVmax tumour 2	ΔSUVa	ΔSUV%b
1	Lung, left hilum	7.90	Left 5th rib	7.30	0.60	8
2	Lung, RUL	6.30	Lung, RUL	4.30	2.00	32
3	Lung, RUL	16.2	Liver	14.3	1.90	12
4	Lung, LLL	8.00	Larynx	9.30	1.30	14
5	Lung, right hilum	18.2	Lung, left	24.6	6.40	26
6	Lung, RML	34.8	Th 12	26.6	10.2	29
7	Lung, RLL	27.6	Lung, LUL	13.4	14.2	51
8	Lung, RLL	2.50	Lung, RLL	2.20	0.30	12
9	Lung, LLL	10.5	Left iliac bone	10.7	0.20	2
10	Lung, RUL	5.90	Lung, right hilum	3.60	2.30	29
11	Lung, LUL	16.5	Right 6th rib	4.10	12.4	75
12	Lung, RUL	22.3	Lung, RML	23.1	0.80	3
13	Lung, RUL	6.20	Th 11	4.90	1.30	21
14	Lung, right	12.4	Lung, LUL	7.10	5.30	43
15	Lung, RUL	9.60	Right adrenal gland	5.70	3.90	41
16	Lung, RUL	13.2	Right iliac crest	3.00	10.2	77
17	Lung, RLL	7.20	Right 5th rib	5.30	1.90	26
18	Lung, RML	12.5	Lung, RLL	16.4	3.90	24
19	Lung, RUL	13.5	Right PSIS	11.4	2.10	16
20	Lung, RLL	5.40	L1	6.40	1.00	16
21	Lung, RML	5.90	Lung, RML	4.10	1.80	31
Mean ± SD					4.00 ± 4.22	28 ± 21

SUV _max maximum standardized uptake value, RUL right upper lobe, RLL right lower lobe, LUL left upper lobe, RML right middle lobe, LLL left lower lobe, Th thoracic vertebra, L lumbar vertebra, PSIS posterior superior iliac spine, SD standard deviation of the mean

^aThe absolute difference between the SUV_max of tumour 1 and SUV_max of tumour 2

^bThe relative difference between the SUV_max of tumour 1 and the SUV_max of tumour 2, expressed in percentages of the highest SUV_max