Prognostic impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT in pathologic stage II invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: re-illuminating the value of PET/CT in intermediate-risk breast cancer

Table 2 Comparison of PET parameters according to presence of recurrence

Parameters	No evidence of recurrence (N = 262)	Recurrence (N = 35)	P	Locoregional recurrence (N = 13)	P	Distant metastasis (N = 22)	P
SUVmax	7.33 ± 4.27	9.41 ± 5.02	0.012	11.18 ± 6.34	0.021	8.35 ± 3.84	0.133
SUVpeak	5.26 ± 3.25	7.16 ± 4.18	0.004	8.30 ± 5.57	0.035	6.49 ± 3.05	0.033
TLR	3.31 ± 1.93	4.31 ± 2.35	0.027	5.00 ± 2.85	0.026	3.90 ± 1.95	0.108
MTV (cm³)	4.38 ± 5.15	7.28 ± 7.24	0.002	6.10 ± 4.94	0.071	7.96 ± 8.55	0.011

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