TY  - JOUR
TI  - The comparison of SUVmax values in 18 F-FDG PET/CT
according to cell type, stage, lymph node involvement and
metastasis in lung cancers
AB  - Aims: 18
F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computerized
tomography (PET/CT) provides metabolic information in addition to anatomic extension. This
study aimed to compare the primary tumor maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax ) on
PET/CT according to the histopathological type, stage, nodal involvement, and the metastasis
of lung cancers.
Methods: In this retrospective study, PET/CTs of the patients with lung cancer were examined.
Staging of the cancer was performed according to the eighth (8 th
) edition of the tumor, node
and metastasis (TNM) classification system. SUVmax values were recorded and compared.
Results: Two hundred thirty-three patients with lung cancer (78.5% male, mean age: 67.0±9.6
years, range: 47-91 years) were analyzed. The SUVmax value of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
(15.2±7.6) was higher than the SUVmax values of adenocarcinoma (AC) and small cell lung
carcinoma (SCLC) (10.9±5.6 and 12.2±5.5, respectively, p<0.001). SUVmax values were not
different between the stages of AC, SCC and SCLC (p=0.285, p=0.377 and p=0.061, respectively).
SUVmax values were similar between nodal involvements (p=0.490, p=0.645 and p=0.114 for AC,
SCC, and SCLC, respectively). There was no difference in SUVmax values of lung cancers with and
without metastasis (p=0.496, p=0.209, and p=0.544 for AC, SCC, and SCLC, respectively).
Conclusions: The SUVmax value of SCC was highest among lung cancers. There was no significant
difference between the SUVmax value of the primary tumor on PET/CT and the TNM stages of
the tumor.
AU  - Caliskan, Tayfun
AU  - ISIK, EMINE GOKNUR
AU  - Canoğlu, Kadir
DO  - 10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2021.1658
PY  - 2021
JO  - Gülhane Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 63
IS  - 4
SN  - 1302-0471
SP  - 292
EP  - 296
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/515590
ER  -