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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oncology. 2015 Sep 23;89(6):305–310. doi: 10.1159/000436972

Table 3.

Studies assessing the influence of iSUV of PET/CT in the localized gastric cancer setting

Ref. No of patients Type of treatment Findings
Stahl et al. (9) 40 Preoperative Chemotherapy No significant correlation with prognosis
Vallböhmer et al. (23) 42 Preoperative Chemotherapy No significant correlation with prognosis
Mochiki et al. (11) 85 Primary Surgery High iSUV → Worse OS
Pak et al. (13) 41 (with SRC histology) Primary Surgery High iSUV → Worse aggressive clinical course, although iSUV not independently prognostic
Lee JW et al. (12) 271 (with subgroup analysis according to histopathologic subtypes) Primary Surgery High iSUV → Predictive factor for tumor recurrence for patients with TAC or PAC, not for SRC and MAC

iSUV: Initial standardized uptake value; PET/CT: Positron emission tomography with computed tomography; OS: Overall survival; SRC: Signet ring cell; TAC: Tubular adenocarcinoma; PAC: Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; MAC: Mucinous adenocarcinoma.