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Table 1 Patient Population characteristics

From: False negative rate at 18F-FDG PET/CT in para-aortic lymphnode involvement in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer: impact of PET technology

Characteristics

No of patients (N = 240)

%

Age in years, median (range)

45 (21–68)

 

Tumor stage (FIGO classification)

 IB2

78

33

 IIa

13

5

 IIb

121

50

 III

18

7

 IVa

10

4

BMI in kg/m2, median (range)

23 (14–43)

 

Histologic subtype

 Adenocarcinoma

49

20

 Squamous cell carcinoma

191

80

Pelvic node uptake during PET imaging

 No

150

62

 Yes

90

38

 Unilateral pelvic uptake

57

63

 Bilateral pelvic uptake

33

37

Delay in days between PET-surgery, median (range)

15.5 (1–56)

 

No of para-aortic nodes removed, median (range)

15 (2–40)

 

No of patients with positive para-aortic nodes

22

9

Size of the biggest para-aortic nodes involved, mm

  < 5

9

41

  > 5

13

59

  1. Abbreviations: FIGO International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, BMI Body Mass Index, PET Positron Emission Tomography