FIGURE 5. In group of patients who underwent both early and late ¹⁸F-FDG PET (23 patients), Kaplan-Meier estimate of PFS for 10 patients with positive ¹⁸F-FDG PET results is compared with that for 13 patients with negative ¹⁸F-FDG PET results after first cycle of chemotherapy. Statistically significant difference in PFS was found between positive and negative ¹⁸F-FDG PET results (P < 0.001).

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