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. 2022 Mar 24;49(10):3571–3580. doi: 10.1007/s00259-022-05761-5

Table 3.

Comparison of uptake intensities at different tumor localizations (median [range])

Parameter Local tumor burden Lymph nodes Visceral metastases Bone metastases Significance
SUVmax

20.8

(8.1–27.8)

10.6

(4.7–29.1)

7.5

(4.5–13.8)

8.2

(6.0–16.4)

 p = 0.001
SUVmean

13.9

(2.6–18.1)

5.1

(1.1–10.8)

3.1

(1.2–11.0)

4.5

(3.3–6.4)

 p = 0.001
TLRmax

24.4

(11.7–47.1)

13.7

(3.6–41.0)

7.9

(4.7–16.2)

9.5

(5.4–23.1)

 p = 0.053
TLRmean

19.9

(3.8–23.4)

6.4

(1.9–15.2)

3.5

(1.4–12.3)

6.6

(2.3–9.9)

 p = 0.001
TSRmax

22.9

(13.5–39.2)

12.8

(4.9–36.4)

8.3

(6.3–23.0)

10.2

(7.3–20.5)

 p = 0.001
TSRmean

16.5

(4.3–30.2)

7.1

(1.6–11.5)

3.4

(1.7–18.3)

6.7

(3.0–10.0)

 p = 0.000
TBRmax

17.6

(11.3–96.0)

9.9

(3.8–28.0)

7.1

(3.0–14.0)

11.8

(5.7–20.6)

 p = 0.051
TBRmean

9.8

(1.4–69.5)

3.8

(1.3–9.2)

2.6

(1.5–8.2)

5.1

(4.1–6.7)

 p = 0.006