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. 2015 Mar 3;15(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s40644-015-0038-0

Table 6.

Intraprostatic FDG uptake as a predictor of the predicted 5-year progression-free survival by CAPRA-S and MSKCC nonograms

CAPRA-S* MSKCC
Median % (25th – 75th percentile) P -value Median % (25th – 75th percentile) P -value
Clinical reporting
IPFU- 70.2 (26.7 – 85.2) 0.008 91.5 (77.0 – 97.0) 0.004
IPFU+ 25.9 (0.0 – 42.5) 59.0 (42.0 – 88.0)
Blinded reading
IPFU- (Score 0 or 1) 70.2 (34.2 – 91.0) 0.017 93.0 (81.0 – 97.5) 0.010
IPFU+ (Score 2 to 4) 26.9 (0.0 – 63.3) 73.0 (45.3 – 89.8)
Quantitative analysis
IPFU- (SUVmax < 4.0) 70.2 (26.7 – 85.2) 0.030 91.5 (72.8 – 97.0) 0.020
IPFU+ (SUVmax ≥ 4.0) 25.9 (0.0 – 42.5) 72.0 (45.0 – 89.0)

FDG = 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose; IPFU = intraprostatic FDG uptake; IPFU- = IPFU-negative; IPFU + = IPFU-positive; SUVmax = maximum standardized uptake value.

*University of California, San Franciso Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment score: Post-Radical Prostatectomy nomogram.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center post-radical prostatectomy nomogram.