Effect of RI SUV Method for Restaging of Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Patients
| Number of patients overstaged (false-positive) | Number of patients understaged (false-negative) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | No. of patients | Early imaging | Delayed imaging | RI SUV | Early imaging | Delayed imaging | RI SUV |
| N0 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — |
| N1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N staging overall | 74 | 18 (24%) | 13 (18%) | 1 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M0 | 88 | 36 | 30 | 2 | — | — | — |
| M1 | 67 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M staging overall | 155 | 36 (23%) | 30 (19%) | 2 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |