TABLE 1

¹⁸F-FDG Kinetic Parameters Before and After Chemotherapy for Response Groups

Parameter	Group	Before chemo (mean ± SD)	After chemo (mean ± SD)	t test P value
K_i*	mCR	0.018 ± 0.015	0.0026 ± 0.0027	<0.01
	PR	0.017 ± 0.010	0.0061 ± 0.0042	<0.001
	NR	0.035 ± 0.024	0.026 ± 0.020	0.03
	All	0.020 ± 0.015	0.008 ± 0.011	<0.001
K₁*	mCR	0.14 ± 0.05	0.052 ± 0.029	<0.001
	PR	0.13 ± 0.06	0.087 ± 0.040	0.02
	NR	0.16 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.10	0.52
	All	0.14 ± 0.05	0.09 ± 0.06	<0.001
k₃^†	mCR	0.038 ± 0.029	0.0064 ± 0.0062	<0.01
	PR	0.043 ± 0.022	0.016 ± 0.009	<0.001
	NR	0.073 ± 0.045	0.048 ± 0.037	0.02
	All	0.046 ± 0.030	0.017 ± 0.020	<0.001
K_i (PV corrected)	mCR	0.019 ± 0.014	0.0036 ± 0.0033	<0.01
	PR	0.017 ± 0.010	0.0068 ± 0.0054	<0.001
	NR	0.035 ± 0.024	0.026 ± 0.020	0.03
	All	0.020 ± 0.015	0.008 ± 0.011	<0.001
K₁ (PV corrected)	mCR	0.16 ± 0.05	0.073 ± 0.034	<0.001
	PR	0.13 ± 0.06	0.12 ± 0.06	0.44
	NR	0.16 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.10	0.52
	All	0.14 ± 0.06	0.11 ± 0.07	<0.001
k₃ (PV corrected)	mCR	0.040 ± 0.033	0.0063 ± 0.0062	<0.01
	PR	0.044 ± 0.022	0.015 ± 0.012	<0.001
	NR	0.073 ± 0.045	0.048 ± 0.037	0.02
	All	0.046 ± 0.032	0.016 ± 0.021	<0.001