Utility of 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose emission tomography/computed tomography fusion imaging (18F-FDG PET/CT) in combination with ultrasonography for axillary staging in primary breast cancer

Table 4 Axillary nodal clinicopathological factors correlated with ¹⁸ F-FDG uptake

Clinicopathological factors	SUV cut-off 1.8	No. of pts	Average	SD	p-value
No. of involved ALNs	Low	38	3.6	5	0.15
	High	21	6.9	7
The maximum size (mm)	Low	38	8.6	6.4	0.006
	High	21	14.6	7.9
	SUV	No. of pts	Grade	No. ofpts	p-value
Nuclear grade	Low	38	Grade1/2	27	0.03
			Grade3	11
	High	21	Grade1/2	9
			Grade3	12

SUV, Standardized uptake value; No, Number; pts, patients; SD, Standard derivation

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