Table 3 Results of the Spearman’s correlation between the clinically and radiologically measured response to the treatment and the difference between the preCHT and postCHT metabolites
Response to the iCHT | Correlation with the difference between the preCHT- postCHT metabolites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | Stratified according to metabolic response | Sex stratified | ||||
Grey | Red | Green | M | F | ||
cT-yT | Lip 1.3 ppm (R = -0.31) ↑ NAG (R = 0.33) ↓ | Lip 0.9 ppm (R = -0.38) ↑ Lip 1.3 ppm (R = -0.46) ↑ | – | Alanine (R = 0.7) ↓ NAG (R = 0.73) ↓ | Lip 0.9 ppm (R = -0.55) ↑ Lip 1.3 ppm (R = -0.57) ↑ Lip 5.3 ppm (R = -0.47) ↑ NAG (R = 0.41) ↓ | – |
cN-yN | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Primary tumor regression [%] | – | – | – | Alanine (R = 0.77) ↓ | LIP 0.9 ppm (R = -0.45) ↑ Lip 1.3 ppm (R = -0.40) ↑ | – |