TABLE 3.
Measurement | Before | After | P |
Number of assessed metastases | 73 | 72 | |
SUVmax in normal liver | 8.6 (7.4–10.2) | 6.0 (4.7–8.0) | <0.001 |
Highest SUVmax in tumor | 28.8 (17.3–40.7) | 30.9 (15.1–48.0) | 0.15 |
Average SUVmax in tumor | 23.3 (15.3–30.9) | 23.2 (12.4–29.4) | 0.33 |
Highest tumor-to-liver ratio | 2.6 (1.9–5.5) | 5.6 (3.2–8.1) | 0.008 |
Average tumor-to-liver ratio | 2.1 (1.6–3.3) | 4.3 (1.9–5.7) | 0.01 |
Data are median followed by interquartile range in parentheses. P < 0.05 on Wilcoxon related-samples rank test was considered statistically significant.