TABLE 3.

Imaging Parameters Obtained by ⁶⁸Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT Analysis of Primary Tumors, Lymph Node Metastases, and Distant Metastases

Parameter	Mean ± SD	Median	Range	P^*
SUV_max
Primary tumor	24.10 ± 19.51	16.60	4.78–88.31	T vs. N = 0.4559
Lymph node metastases	27.77 ± 20.51	21.51	3.00–82.04	N vs. M = 0.2256
Distant metastases	34.99 ± 27.89	28.26	3.98–115.55	M vs. T = 0.0573
SUV_mean
Primary tumor	8.70 ± 7.53	6.86	3.29–42.72	T vs. N = 0.8507
Lymph node metastases	8.38 ± 4.10	8.05	1.41–18.31	N vs. M = 0.0056
Distant metastases	13.72 ± 9.90	12.44	1.68–43.41	M vs. T = 0.0170
CoV
Primary tumor	0.49 ± 0.20	0.51	0.17–0.95	T vs. N = 0.1730
Lymph node metastases	0.57 ± 0.26	0.58	0.10–1.07	N vs. M = 0.0253
Distant metastases	0.44 ± 0.20	0.39	0.14–1.00	M vs. T = 0.3260
RETV (mL)
Primary tumor	25.07 ± 34.75	10.69	2.43–178.24	T vs. N = 0.0879
Lymph node metastases	13.26 ± 17.42	7.04	0.80–82.04	N vs. M = 0.0044
Distant metastases	33.68 ± 36.04	18.97	2.11–136.25	M vs. T = 0.2972
TLRE (g)
Primary tumor	309.83 ± 813.83	63.29	15.80–4766.19	T vs. N = 0.2616
Lymph node metastases	142.56 ± 195.34	71.25	2.99–766.21	N vs. M = 0.0028
Distant metastases	601.23 ± 816.25	258.38	3.56–2908.85	M vs. T = 0.1268

↵* Unpaired t test (T = primary tumor; N = lymph node metastases; M = distant metastases).