Table 3.

Lesion to Non‐Lesion ^99mTc‐HMPAO‐Leukocytes's Uptake Ratios in Patients With and Without Recurrent Disease.

	Patients With Recurrent Disease (n = 4)		Cured Patients (n = 23)
	4 h	24 h	4 h	24 h	P valuea
Pre‐therapeutic LS	1.38 [1.31–1.39]	2.84 [2.60–3.08]	1.36 [1.10–1.57]	2.00 [1.63–2.59]	.33
Post‐therapeutic LS	1.25 [1.15–1.36]	1.18 [1.07–1.29]	1.05 [0.88–1.18]	1.10 [0.92–1.20]	.64
P value b	.75	1	.0006	<.0001

^aComparison of lesion to non‐lesion ^99mTc‐HMPAO‐leukocytes's uptake (L/NL) ratios on 4 h planar post‐IV images between recurrent and cured patients.

Comparison of L/NL ratios on 24 h planar post‐IV images between recurrent and cured patients.

^bComparison of L/NL ratios between pre‐therapeutic and post‐therapeutic planar Leucocyte Scintigraphy.