Table 3.

PET/CT characteristics

	Thymic cancer (n = 9)	Thymoma (n = 17)	P-value*
SUVmax	9.34 (3.2–23.5)	4.84 (1.5–25.9)	0.100
SUVavg	4.75 (2.98–8.28)	3.39 (0.78–8.85)	0.247
T/B ratio	3.07 (1.67–3.79)	2.06 (0.63–5.05)	0.112
MTV	126.53 (0.4–690.02)	6.03 (0.06–240.21)	0.043
TLG	642.05 (1.10–3374.20)	20.32 (0.05–1570.97)	0.056

^*U-Mann-Whitney test.

CT, computed tomography

MTV, metabolic tumor volume

PET, positron emission tomography

SUV avg, standardized uptake value average

SUVmax, SUVmaximum

T/B tumor/background

TLG, total lesion glycolysis.