Early metabolic response using FDG PET/CT and molecular phenotypes of breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Table 3 Correlation between response and SUV values.

Response	Pre-SUV	Post-SUV	ΔSUV%
Histopathologic response
Responders	7.3 ± 4.2	2.2 ± 1.9	63 ± 48
Non-responders	7.6 ± 4.4	4.3 ± 2.7	34 ± 47
	P = 0.795	P = 0.004	P = 0.001

SUV, standard uptake value
P-value based on the Mann-Whitney U test, presuming to be non-parametric statistics

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