Table 4.

Hepatic metastases based on staging method and AJCC T-category

T-category	Hepatic metastases only		Hepatic metastases and involvement of other sites
	Not staged by PET/CT N=23	Staged by PET/CT N=23	Not staged by PET/CT N=7	Staged by PET/CT N=10
T1	3 (12%)	4 (17%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
T2	5 (22%)	4 (17%)	6 (86%)	3 (30%)
T3	5 (22%)	10 (44%)	1 (14%)	5 (50%)
T4	10 (44%)	5 (22%)	0 (0%)	2 (20%)

AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer, 8th edition; PET, positron emission tomography; PET/CT, combination PET with synchronous CT analysis.