Table 4 SUVmax and tumour-to-liver ratio for the liver and lymph nodes, by combination
Arm A (N = 8) | Arm B (N = 8) | Arm C (N = 8) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organ | Statistic | 5–20 µg 40–80 MBq | 30–45 µg 100–140 MBq | 5–20 µg 100–140 MBq | 30–45 µg 160–200 MBq | 5–20 µg 160–200 MBq | 30–45 µg 40–80 MBq |
SUVmax | |||||||
Liver | n | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
Median (range) | 24.2 (18.25–49.16) | 22.9 (18.01–59.83) | 9.5 (6.74–63.68) | 16.0 (9.56–78.43) | 12.4 (6.95–30.07) | 17.7 (10.62–30.28) | |
Lymph nodes | n | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Median (range) | 24.7 (19.52–40.74) | 35.7 (16.69–41.11) | 28.5 (9.03–83.06) | 27.7 (5.25–53.79) | 13.8 (6.08–21.73) | 12.7 (6.15–21.33) | |
Tumour-to-liver ratio (SUVmax/SUVmean) | |||||||
Liver | n | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
Median (range) | 9.9 (8.51–37.00) | 8.4 (7.27–28.31) | 6.0 (4.85–40.14) | 7.0 (5.08–48.79) | 7.2 (3.28–17.98) | 9.3 (5.60–32.37) | |
Lymph nodes | n | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Median (range) | 18.6 (6.17–27.43) | 16.9 (4.83–21.50) | 9.9 (4.42–26.46) | 13.6 (2.26–25.14) | 9.8 (5.30–20.45) | 8.2 (5.56–28.98) | |