Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| Patients | Sex | Age | Interval between scans (days) | Pathology |
| 1 | F | 68 | 35 | NSCLC |
| 2 | F | 61 | 47 | NSCLC |
| 3 | F | 53 | 49 | NSCLC |
| 4 | F | 68 | 36 | NSCLC |
| 5 | M | 66 | 25 | NSCLC |
| 6 | M | 51 | 60 | NSCLC |
| 7 | M | 68 | 44 | NSCLC |
| 8 | M | 72 | 91 | NSCLC |
| 9 | M | 59 | 28 | SCLC |
| 10 | M | 67 | 42 | SCLC |
| 11 | M | 75 | 86 | ascending colon cancer |
| 12 | F | 44 | 90 | rectal cancer |
| 13 | F | 72 | 84 | sigmoid colon cancer |
| 14 | F | 69 | 106 | pancreas cancer |
| 15 | M | 85 | 84 | gastric cancer |
| Average ± S.D. | 65.2±10.3 | 60.5±26.9 |
NSCLC: Non-small cell lung carcinoma, SCLC: small cell lung carcinoma.