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FIGURE 3. Actuarial DFS in patients treated with surgery or RT as primary treatment modality in patients with tumor SUV 
6.0 and SUV > 6.0. In 25 patients with SUV > 6.0, primary surgery followed by RT (n = 15) resulted in a statistically better survival than did RT with chemotherapy (n = 10) followed by surgical salvage (A; P = 0.043). In 27 patients with SUV 6.0, there was no significant difference between surgery plus RT (n = 16) and RT plus chemotherapy (n = 11) (B; P = 0.329).
