Clinical Study
Preoperative PET/CT 18F-FDG Standardized Uptake by Lymph Nodes as a Significant Prognostic Factor in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Table 5
Characteristics of patients categorized according to SUVLN.
| Characteristics | Total () | SUVLN | | ≤1.15 | >1.15 |
| Age | | 67.33 ± 10.21 | 64.68 ± 10.68 | 0.234 | Sex | | | | | Male | 56 | 28 | 28 | 0.277 | Female | 34 | 21 | 13 | Tumour location | | | | | Colon | 44 | 21 | 23 | 0.211 | Rectum | 46 | 28 | 18 | Tumour size | | 4.27 ± 1.87 | 5.14 ± 2.20 | 0.045 | T stage | | | | | T1/2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0.307 | T3 | 47 | 23 | 24 | T4 | 26 | 14 | 12 | Lymph node metastasis | | | | | No | 63 | 39 | 24 | 0.03 | Yes | 27 | 10 | 17 | Lymphovascular invasion | | | | | No | 78 | 43 | 35 | 0.740 | Yes | 12 | 6 | 6 | Tumour grade | | | | | Well/Moderate | 71 | 40 | 31 | 0.486 | Poor | 19 | 9 | 19 | Adjuvant treatment | | | | | No | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0.345 | Yes | 59 | 30 | 29 | SUVTumor | | 20.09 ± 10.40 | 19.91 ± 10.87 | 0.935 | Recurrence | | | | | No | 71 | 46 | 25 | <0.0001 | Yes | 19 | 3 | 16 |
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