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. 2021 May 29;48(12):3951–3960. doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05422-z

Table 2.

Individual PET results and immunohistochemical FAP expression of lymph node metastases

Pat# LN [Mets/resected] Location [Side / Level] Size [mm] [18F]FDG PET FAP-directed PET IHC
SUVmax SUVpeak SUVmax SUVpeak FAP CAF
1 4 / 59 R / Ib 11 10 3 8 5 2 + 
R / Ia 5 3 2 3 2 2 + 
L / Ia 2 3 2 n/d n/d 3 + 
L / Ib 6 7 4 5 3 3 + 
2 3 / 50 R / Ib 11 8 5 8 5 2 + 
R / Ib 9 5 3 6 4 2 + 
R / IIa 12 7 5 8 6 3 + 
3 0 / 36
4 1 / 53 R / IIa 5 n/d n/d n/d n/d 2 + 
5 1 / 47 R / IIa 43 21 13 13 8 2 + 
6 0 / 23
7 1 / 49 R / Ib 9 5 5 6 4 3 + 
8 4 / 46 R / Ib 22 34 17 20 11 3 + 
R / Ib 5 n/d n/d n/d n/d 2 + 
R / IIa 8 16 8 8 6 1 + 
R / IIb 8 20 12 8 6 2 + 
9 0 / 14
10 2 / 57 R / Ib 12 41 25 20 14 3 + 
R / IIa 15 29 12 25 9 2 + 

CAF, cancer-associated fibroblasts; FAP, fibroblast activation protein; IHC, immunohistochemistry; L, left; n/d, not detected; R, right; LN, lymph node; Mets, metastases; SUV, standardized uptake value