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Table 3 Correlations between presence of distant metastasis and PET parameters

From: Volumetric parameters on 18F-FDG PET/CT predict the survival of patients with gastric cancer associated with their expression status of c-MET

Variables

Locoregional

Distant metastasis

P-values

SUVmax (mean ± SD)

8.3 ± 5.60

9.3 ± 6.96

0.555

SUVpeak (mean ± SD)

6.8 ± 4.77

7.5 ± 5.58

0.608

MTV (ml, mean ± SD)

59.4 ± 68.72

56.0 ± 42.37

0.812

TLG (g, mean ± SD)

349.4 ± 514.37

313.0 ± 339.19

0.742

  1. Note. SD standard deviation, PET positron emission tomography, SUV standardized uptake value, Max maximum, MTV metabolic tumor volume, TLG total lesion glycolysis
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