TABLE 1

Patients, Primary Tumors, and IMT Uptake

Patient no.	Sex	Age (y)	Tumor histology	Size (cm)	Location	Tumor stage	Nodal stage	Clinical stage	IMT uptake, planar*	T/B SPECT
1	M	66	Squamous	2	RUL	T3	N2	IIIA	+++	3.0
2	M	52	Squamous	6	RML	T3	N2	IIIA	+++	6.1
3	M	58	Large cell	4	RML	T2	N2	IIIA	+	1.8
4	M	63	Squamous	6	RUL	T3	N2	IIIB	+++	3.4
5	F	55	Adenous	5	RUL	T4	N0	IIIB	++	2.9
6	F	68	Squamous	5	RML	T2	N2	IIIA	++	2.6
7	M	42	Squamous	3	LUL	T3	N2	IIIB	++	3.1
8	M	67	Squamous	5	LUL	T4	N0	IIIB	+++	3.4
9	M	71	Squamous	6	RUL	T4	N2	IIIB	+++	3.1
10	F	70	Adenous	4	RLL	T3	N2	IIIB	++	3.0
11	M	56	Squamous	4	RLL	T4	N2	IIIB	+	1.8
12	M	69	Large cell	5	RUL	T4	N2	IIIB	+++	3.6
13	M	50	Excised	—	LLL	—	N2	IIIB	−
14	F	69	Adenous	7	RUL	T4	N2	IIIB	++	3.2
15	M	41	Large cell	5	RUL	T2	N2	IIIB	++	2.7
16	F	62	Squamous	1.5	LUL	T1	N3	IIIB	−
17	F	74	Squamous	4	LUL	T3	N0	IIIB	+++	3.8

↵* − = not visible; + = uptake just above background; ++ = uptake higher than background; +++ = uptake much higher than background.
RUL = right upper lobe; RML = right middle lobe; LUL = left upper lobe; RLL = right lower lobe; LLL = left lower lobe.