FDG-PET scan in patients with clinically and/or radiologically suspicious colorectal cancer recurrence but normal CEA.

World J Surg Oncol · 2007 · PMC1896164 · PMID 17555577

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.58not close (p > 0.1)

The mean SUV max in all true positive lesions tended to be lower than in all false positive lesions, though this did not reach statistical significance (5.51 ± 2.73 vs. 6.75 ± 5.1, p = 0.58).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

False positive PET findings associated with bowel showed a trend towards higher SUV max compared to true positive lesions, but this was not statistically significant (8.5 ± 5.5 vs. 6.06 ± 3.5, p = 0.45).

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