Prognostic implication of intratumoral metabolic heterogeneity in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Spearman correlation of the HF with SUVmax, MTV, TLG

Variables	HF
	Spearman’s coefficient of rank correlation (rho)	p value
SUVmax	0.045	0.6228
MTV	0.955	< 0.0001*
TLG	0.354	0.0001*

HF = Heterogeneity factor, SUVmax = Maximum standardized uptake value, MTV = Metabolic tumor volume, TLG = Total lesion glycolysis.
*p < 0.01.

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