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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2013 Dec 12;55(1):23–29. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.113.122630

TABLE 2.

Detection of CT-Positive Lesions with Positron Emission Tomography

Lesion site 18F-FDG 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab*
Day 1 Day 2
All 83 of 89 (93%) 61 of 79 (77%) 54 of 61 (89%)
Bone 35 of 38 (92%) 33 of 36 (92%) 19 of 20 (95%)
Lymph nodes 30 of 31 (97%) 20 of 31 (65%),§ 19 of 23 (88%)
Liver 8 of 10 (80%) 1 of 3 (33%) 8 of 8 (100%)
Lung 5 of 5 (100%) 4 of 4 (100%) 4 of 5 (80%)
Pleural effusion 2 of 2 (100%) 0 of 2 (0%) 1 of 2 (50%)
Breast 3 of 3 (100%) 3 of 3 (100%) 3 of 3 (100%)
*

Combined data for 5 and 50 mg trastuzumab doses

P < 0.01 relative to 18F-FDG, all sites

P < 0.01 relative to 18F-FDG, lymph nodes

§

P < 0.05 relative to 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab Day 1, bone