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Table 3 The comparison of tumor characteristics of adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas

From: The correlation of SUVmax with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and the value of Tumor/ Lymph node SUVmax ratio for predicting metastasis to lymph nodes in resected NSCLC patients

 

Adenocarcinoma (n = 32)

Squamous cell Ca (n = 43)

p

Tumor diameter (cm) (mean ± SD)

4.9 ± 2.2

4.7 ± 1.6

0.93

Tumor SUVmax (mean ± SD)

12.6 ± 8.3

15 ± 5.9

0.042*

Number of mitosis (mean ± SD)

16.12 ± 12.03

31.5 ± 18.0

<0.001*

Necrosis (median)

1

2

0.24

Stromal inflammation (median)

2

2

0.08

Tumor SUVmax/Tumor diameterÞ (mean ± SD)

2.64 ± 1.52

3.50 ± 1.71

0.006*

  1. *Statistically significant.
  2. Þ In order to eliminate the effect of tumor diameter on the SUVmax values, we compare the tumor SUVmax value/ tumor diameter ratios.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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