TABLE 1.

Basic study characteristics

Authors	Journal/year	Country	Study design	Patients performing PET-CT	Mean age	%Male
Vercellino et al.22	Cancer Biother Rad 2009	France	Prospective	12	59	83
Lyrdal et al.19	Nucl Med Commun 2009	Sweden	Prospective	10	61	80
Minamimoto et al.24	Clin Nucl Med 2010	Japan	Prospective	12	61.5	67
Revheim et al.25	Clin Oncol 2011	Norway	Prospective	14	60	NR
Kayani et al.23	Clin Cancer Res 2011	UK	Prospective	44	61	75
Ueno et al.20	BMC Cancer 2012	Japan	Prospective	30	64	83
Khandani et al.18	Nucl Med Commun 2012	USA	Prospective	26	59.5	73

NR = Not reported