Table 3 Comparison of SUVmax between ADC and SQC

Pleural invasion

0.027

0.064

 No

19

19

17

9

 Yes

2

12

1

5

Vascular invasion

0.042

0.735

 No

17

16

9

6

 Yes

4

15

9

8

Nodal status

0.016

0.365

 N0

21

23

16

10

 N1 + 2

0

8

2

4

Cox-2 expression

0.001

0.473

 Negative

13

5

12

7

 Positive

8

26

6

7

Ki-67 expression

0.011

0.087

 Negative

15

11

11

4

 Positive

6

20

7

10

VEGF expression

0.003

0.999

 Negative

12

5

9

7

 Positive

9

26

9

7