The prognostic value of preoperative FDG-PET/CT metabolic parameters in cervical cancer patients

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Table 3 Correlation between PET/CT parameters, MRI parameters and FIGO stage

Variable	SUVmax		TLG		MTV		MRI-LD		MRI-TV		ADC		FIGO
Variable	r_s	p^a	r_s	p^a	r_s	p^a	r_s	p^a	r_s	p^a	r_s	p^a	r_s	p*
SUVmax			0.66	< 0.001	0.46	< 0.001	0.29	0.040	0.36	0.010	−0.18	0.34	0.14	0.32
TLG					0.89	< 0.001	0.77	< 0.001	0.82	< 0.001	0.10	0.60	0.43	0.001
MTV							0.72	< 0.001	0.74	< 0.001	0.21	0.26	0.38	0.005
MRI-LD									0.96	< 0.001	0.16	0.38	0.48	< 0.001
MRI-TV											0.18	0.33	0.45	< 0.001
ADC													0.22	0.24
FIGO

^aSpearman’s bivariate correlation test
Significant p values (< 0.05) are given in bold
ADC Apparent diffusion coefficient, FIGO International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, MRI-LD Longest diameter of the tumour measured by magnetic resonance imaging, MRI-TV Tumour volume measured by magnetic resonance imaging, MTV Metabolic tumour volume, SUVmax Maximum standardised uptake value and TLG Total lesion glycolysis