Determination of the prognostic value of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose uptake by using positron emission tomography in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine whether quantitative information obtained from [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) has a prognostic significance for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated 18F-FDG PET imaging of 73 patients with NSCLC. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) was significantly different between the histopathological types of tumour (squamous cell carcinoma (n = 37, 12.4±5.1), adenocarcinoma (n = 30, 8.2±5.8), bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (n = 4, 2.6±1.7), PP