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Table 4 Metabolic TNM stage based on the two PET examinations

From: Comparison between silicon photomultiplier-based and conventional PET/CT in patients with suspected lung cancer—a pilot study

Case

Staging DMI

Staging D690

Change in staging

Histology results

1

T+N−M−

T+N+M−

YES

Epithelial cancer (S)

2

T+N+M−

T+N+M−

NO

Colon cancer (B)

3

T+N−M−

T−N−M−

YES

Not done

4

T−N−M−

T−N−M−

NO

Adenocarcinoma (S, E)

5

T+N−M−

T+N−M−

NO

Suspect malignant cells (B)

6

T+N+M−

T+N+M−

NO

Non-small cell lung cancer (E)

7

T+N+M+

T+N+M+

NO

Adenocarcinoma (B)

8

T+N+M−

T+N+M−

NO

No malignant cells (Br)

9

T+N+M−

T+N+M−

NO

Non-small cell lung cancer (Br)

10

T+N−M−

T+N−M−

NO

Non-small cell lung cancer (S,E)

11

T+N−M+

T+N−M+

NO

Non-small cell lung cancer (Br)

12

T−N−M−

T+N+M−

YES

No malignant cells (E,B)

13

T+N+M−

T+N+M−

NO

Small cell lung cancer (E)

14

T−N−M−

T−N−M−

NO

Not done

15

T+N+M−

T+N+M−

NO

Epithelial cancer (Br)

16

T−N−M−

T−N−M−

NO

Not done

17

T−N−M−

T−N−M−

NO

Not done

  1. In case of malignant and non-malignant findings, only the malignant histology results are shown above
  2. S surgery, B biopsy, E EBUS-TBNA, Br bronchoscopy with brush/fluid sample