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Table 2 Axillary lymph node evaluation by PET/CT (mean ± SD)

From: Prediction of macrometastasis in axillary lymph nodes of patients with invasive breast cancer and the utility of the SUV lymph node/tumor ratio using FDG-PET/CT

 

Metastasis-positive

Negative (+ITC)

 

(n = 69)

(n = 102)

Age (years)

56.7 ± 13.6

61.7 ± 14.4

Tumor size (mm)

23.9 ± 12.6a

18.7 ± 10.4

SUV-LN

2.289 ± 2.425a

0.841 ± 0.288

SUV-T

6.165 ± 3.871a

3.954 ± 3.524

NT ratio

0.5 ± 0.707b

0.316 ± 0.209

  1. Patients with metastasis-positive nodes (n = 69) were compared to those with metastasis-negative nodes (n = 102). SD: Standard division. The node-negative group included those diagnosed with isolated tumor cells (ITC).
  2. a P <0.01.
  3. b P = 0.041 vs. the node-negative group.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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