Table 5.

Differences of imaging biomarkers among tumors with LF (or RF), DF, and NED.

	Median DF (n = 12)	Median LF (n = 10)	Median NED (n = 30)	KW test P value	KW test P value with FDR	WR test P value	WR test P value with FDR
Primary tumor
TVBV pre	11.37	24.24	7.10	0.06	0.3	0.08	0.3
	DF (n = 17)	LF (n = 8)	NED (n = 57)	KW test P value	KW test P value with FDR	WR test P value	WR test P value with FDR
Nodal tumor
GTV pre	8.68	32.14	5.78	0.01*	0.1*	0.07	0.5
GTV 2 weeks	6.57	24.94	3.97	0.02*	0.1*	0.08	0.5
Change in GTV	−1.07	−1.27	−0.44	0.83	0.9	0.8	0.8
TVBV pre	2.77	4.77	1.77	0.02*	0.1*	0.2	0.5
TVBV 2 weeks	1.94	7.40	1.18	0.06	0.1	0.2	0.5
Mean ADC pre	1.38	1.40	1.19	0.06	0.1	0.9	0.9
Mean ADC 2 weeks	1.55	1.64	1.35	0.02*	0.1*	0.4	0.6
Mean BV pre	8.26	10.11	10.21	0.46	0.6	0.5	0.6
Mean BV 2 weeks	8.83	13.33	10.93	0.04*	0.1	0.04*	0.5
Mean SUV of MTV50 pre	3.91	5.38	2.35	0.02*	0.1*	0.3	0.5
max SUV of MTV50 pre	5.96	7.92	3.50	0.03*	0.1	0.3	0.6
TLG of MTV50 pre	0.718	3.245	0.420	0.11	0.2	0.3	0.5

Tumor volume is a unit of cc. ADC is in unit of 10⁻³ mm²/s. BV is in unit of (ml/100 g). SUV of FDG is in unit of g/ml. TLG is in unit of 100 g.

^*Indicates significant.