TABLE 2.

TBRs of CRs Measured in Tumors, Metastasis, and Background on [18F]-FDG/[68Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT and [18F]-FDG PET/CT

TBRDual tracerSingle tracerWilcoxon signed-rank test
CR tumor-to-background
 CR peak tumor/CR mean cerebellum3.7 ± 1.71.8 ± 1.0z = −2.37, P = 0.008; r = 0.89
 CR peak tumor/CR mean liver8.0 ± 4.14.7 ± 2.3z = −2.20, P = 0.016; r = 0.83
 CR peak tumor/CR mean mediastinal blood pool8.2 ± 3.76.1 ± 2.8z = −2.20, P = 0.016; r = 0.83
 CR maximum tumor/CR mean cerebellum4.3 ± 1.82.1 ±1.1z = −2.37, P = 0.008; r = 0.89
 CR maximum tumor/CR mean liver9.3 ± 4.25.7 ± 2.6z = −2.20, P = 0.016; r = 0.83
 CR maximum tumor/CR mean mediastinal blood pool9.5 ± 3.77.3 ± 3.2z = −2.03, P = 0.023; r = 0.76
CR metastasis-to-background
 CR peak metastasis/CR mean cerebellum2.2 ± 1.20.8 ± 0.5z = −3.06, P ≤ 0.001; r = 0.88
 CR peak metastasis/CR mean liver2.9 ± 1.01.9 ± 1.0z = −3.06, P ≤ 0.001; r = 0.88
 CR peak metastasis/CR mean mediastinal blood pool3.9 ± 1.93.1 ± 1.8z = −2.51, P = 0.005; r = 0.72
 CR maximum metastasis/CR mean cerebellum2.9 ± 1.61.1 ± 0.6z = −3.06, P ≤ 0.001; r = 0.88
 CR maximum metastasis/CR mean liver3.9 ± 1.42.5 ± 1.2z = −2.82, P ≤ 0.001; r = 0.81
 CR maximum metastasis/CR mean mediastinal blood pool5.2 ± 2.44.0 ± 2.2z = −2.35, P = 0.008; r = 0.68
  • Data are mean ± SD.