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. 2019 Apr 13;33(7):502–511. doi: 10.1007/s12149-019-01359-4

Table 2.

WS-TLG values in breast cancer patients without or with bone metastasis with the function of cutoff value

SUVc Cutoff value
3.5 4.0 4.5
WS-TLGa in patients without bone metastasis Negative 69b/85 77/85 80/85
(85 patients) Specificity (%) 81% 91% 94%
WS-TLG in patients with bone metastasis Positive 34/35 34/35 32/35
(35 patients) Sensitivity (%) 97% 97% 91%

aWS-TLG (whole skeletal total lesion glycolysis)

bNumber of patients

cSUV (standardized uptake value)