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. 2020 Nov 25;99(48):e23259. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023259

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Time trend in SUVmax in patients grouped according to the interval between completion of chemotherapy and the time of follow-up FDG PET/CT. The blue curve represents the SUVmax obtained on the pre-chemotherapy FDG PET/CT, while the red curve represents SUVmax obtained in different groups at post-chemotherapy FDG PET/CT. At more than half of the time-points in the 4 arterial beds, SUVmax was lower for the post-therapy FDG PET/CT compared with pre-chemotherapy FDG PET/CT scan. In the group in whom post-chemotherapy FDG PET/CT was obtained more than 24 wk after completion of chemotherapy, SUVmax in the arterials from the post-chemotherapy FDG PET/CT equaled (ascending aorta and carotid artery) or surpassed (femoral artery) that of the pre-chemotherapy FDG PET/CT.