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. 2022 Oct;63(10):1537–1543. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.121.263179

TABLE 2.

Patient- and Lesion-Based Analyses of 18F-PFPN and 18F-FDG PET Imaging Findings

Analysis Parameter Primary tumor Lymph node metastases Bone metastases Liver metastases Metastases to other sites
Patient-based analysis 8 18 8 7 6
 Number of patients 18F-FDG 8 17 7 5 4
18F-PFPN 8 18 8 7 6
P 1.0* 1.0* 0.462*
 Normalized SUVmax 18F-FDG 4.42 ± 3.43 7.36 ± 6.08 6.18 ± 4.06 4.94 ± 4.36 13.92 ± 10.97
18F-PFPN, 1 h 10.27 ± 6.09 15.14 ± 14.07 18.21 ± 21.00 23.56 ± 25.66 20.32 ± 19.29
18F-PFPN, 3 h 17.82 ± 10.29 21.10 ± 17.66 28.47 ± 36.08 37.03 ± 48.64 29.87 ± 27.1
P (1 h/3 h) 0.022*/0.008* 0.043/0.005 0.161/0.130 0.144/0.178 0.496/0.211
Lesion-based analysis 124 394 141 33
 Number of lesions 18F-FDG 98 151 49 29
18F-PFPN 124 394 141 33
P 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.114
 Normalized SUVmax 18F-FDG 5.36 ± 4.08 5.01 ± 2.33 5.08 ± 2.11 7.93 ± 7.70
18F-PFPN, 1 h 10.88 ± 9.49 20.14 ± 21.83 19.17 ± 17.29 11.97 ± 11.59
18F-PFPN, 3 h 16.35 ± 13.55 31.83 ± 37.09 31.55 ± 31.52 17.52 ± 16.56
P (1 h/3 h) 0.000/0.000 0.000/0.000 0.000/0.000 0.117/0.006
*

Paired t test.

Fisher exact test.

1 h/3 h = P value calculated for 18F-FDG SUVmax vs. 18F-PFPN SUVmax at 1 or 3 h.