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Table 4 The comparison of tumor characteristics of acinary and solid adenocarcinomas

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

 

Acinary (n = 16)

Solid (n = 9)

p

Tumor diameter (cm) (mean ± SD)

4.7 ± 1.8

6.8 ± 2.1

0.014*

Tumor SUVmax (mean ± SD)

12.9 ± 7.5

16.7 ± 8.1

0.21

Number of mitosis (mean ± SD)

12.8 ± 7.1

26.7 ± 15.4

0.018*

Necrosis (median)

1

2

0.002*

Stromal inflammation (median)

2

2

0.48

Tumor SUVmax/Tumor diameter¥ (mean ± SD)

2.90 ± 1.49

2.63 ± 1.44

0.73

  1. *Statistically significant.
  2. ¥ 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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