Clinical Study
Preoperative PET/CT 18F-FDG Standardized Uptake by Lymph Nodes as a Significant Prognostic Factor in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Table 2
Patient characteristics according to cancer recurrence.
| Characteristics | Total () | No recurrence () | Recurrence () | |
| Age | | 66.41 ± 10.27 | 65.05 ± 11.34 | 0.618 | Sex | | | | | Male | 56 | 46 | 10 | 0.332 | Female | 34 | 25 | 9 | | Tumour location | | | | | Colon | 44 | 32 | 12 | 0.161 | Rectum | 46 | 39 | 7 | | Tumour size | | 4.57 ± 1.92 | 5.04 ± 2.56 | 0.382 | T stage | | | | | T1/2 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0.023 | T3 | 47 | 39 | 8 | | T4 | 26 | 14 | 12 | | Lymph node metastasis | | | | | No | 63 | 51 | 12 | 0.464 | Yes | 27 | 20 | 7 | | Lymphovascular invasion | | | | | No | 78 | 64 | 14 | 0.120 | Yes | 12 | 7 | 5 | | Tumour grade | | | | | Well/moderate | 71 | 61 | 10 | 0.004 | Poor | 19 | 10 | 9 | | Adjuvant treatment | | | | | No | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0.167 | Yes | 59 | 44 | 15 | | SUVTumor | | 20.52 ± 10.77 | 18.11 ± 9.75 | 0.409 | SUVLN | | 2.22 ± 0.32 | 3.58 ± 0.87 | 0.015 |
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