Combination of FDG-PET and FMISO-PET as a treatment strategy for patients undergoing early-stage NSCLC stereotactic radiotherapy

EJNMMI Research

Table 3 Spearman’s correlation coefficients

All patients (n = 32)	FDG SUVmax		FMISO SUVmax		FMISO TMR		FMISO TBR
Tumor diameter	0.363	p = 0.041	0.488	p = 0.005	0.439	p = 0.012	0.358	p = 0.044
FDG SUVmax			0.798	p < 0.001	0.756	p < 0.001	0.729	p < 0.001
FMISO SUVmax					0.959	p < 0.001	0.940	p < 0.001
FMISO TMR							0.961	p < 0.001
Larger tumor (n = 22)	FDG SUVmax		FMISO SUVmax		FMISO TMR		FMISO TBR
Tumor diameter	0.201	p = 0.369	0.213	p = 0.342	0.162	p = 0.472	0.083	p = 0.714
FDG SUVmax			0.751	p < 0.001	0.700	p < 0.001	0.635	p = 0.002
FMISO SUVmax					0.893	p < 0.001	0.922	p < 0.001
FMISO TMR							0.949	p < 0.001