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Table 7 The comparision of metastatic, antracotic and reactive lymph nodes

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

 

Metastatic (n = 14)

Antracotic (n = 40)

Reactive (n = 39)

p

Tumor SUVmax

15.26 ± 6.02

16.28 ± 6.95

17.0 ± 7.24

0.78

Lymph node SUVmax

5.35 ± 5.72

2.98 ± 0.86

3.36 ± 1.09

0.04*

T/LN SUVmax

3.73 ± 1.49

5.70 ± 2.79

5.38 ± 2.8

0.02*

  1. *Statistically significant.
  2. -Tumor SUVmax, Lymph node SUVmax and T/LN SUVmax ratios were similar in antracotic and reactive lymph nodes (p > 0.05).
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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