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Table 3 FDG-PET/CT results

From: FDG-PET/CT for pre-operative staging and prognostic stratification of patients with high-grade prostate cancer at biopsy

 

All patients ( n= 54)

Surgical patients ( n= 41)

Non-surgical patients ( n= 13)

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Clinical report

IPFU+

24 (44.4)

15 (36.6)

9 (69.2)

Lymph node metastasis

7 (13.0)

3 (7.3)

4 (30.8)

Bone metastasis

3 (6.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (23.1)

Blinded reading*

IPFU score 0

6 (11.1)

6 (14.6)

0 (0.0)

IPFU score 1

18 (33.3)

15 (36.6)

3 (23.1)

IPFU score 2

14 (25.9)

12 (29.3)

2 (15.3)

IPFU score 3

10 (18.5)

6 (14.6)

4 (30.8)

IPFU score 4

6 (11.1)

2 (4.9)

4 (30.8)

IPFU+ (score 2 to 4)

30 (55.6)

20 (48.9)

13 (76.9)

Quantitative analysis

IPFU+ (SUVmax ≥ 4.0)

24 (44.4)

15 (36.6)

9 (69.2)

 

Median (range)

Median (range)

Median (range)

Prostatic SUVmax

3.7 (1.8 – 34.7)

3.5 (1.8 – 24.9)

5.9 (2.5 – 34.7)

  1. FDG = 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose; IPFU = intraprostatic FDG uptake; IPFU + = IPFU-positive; SUVmax = maximum standardized uptake value.
  2. *Blinded FDG-PET/CT reading resulted in exactly the same detection rates of lymph node and bone metastasis as the clinical reading.