Figure 5From: Prognostic value of volumetric metabolic parameters measured by [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with small cell lung cancer Kaplan–Meier curve for overall survival according to the sum of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) of malignant hypermetabolic intrathoracic lesions in limited disease (LD), which shows significantly worse outcomes in high MTV than in low MTV (median survival, 12.0 ± 1.1 months vs. 25.0 ± 4.9 months, P = 0.036). Back to article page