Risk for Intratumoral Lymphatic Vessel Invasion and Lymph Node Involvement Based on 18F-FDG Uptake
| Uptake | Intratumoral lymphatic vessel invasion | Significance (vs. low) | Lymph node involvement | Significance (vs. low) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| − | + | % | − | + | % | |||||||
| Low | 13 | 1 | 7.1 | 16 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Moderate | 12 | 2 | 14.3 | NS | 18 | 2 | 10.0 | NS | ||||
| High | 41 | 27 | 39.7 | P = 0.028 | 58 | 37 | 38.9 | P = 0.010 | ||||
− = negative; + = positive; NS = not statistically significant.