Baseline Characteristics of Patients (n = 33)
| Characteristic | Data |
| Age (y) | |
| Median | 58 |
| Range | 30–71 |
| Sex (n) | |
| Male | 21 (63.4%) |
| Female | 12 (36.4%) |
| Diabetes (n) | 6 (18.2%) |
| No. of neoplastic lesions at PET/CT scan (n) | |
| 1* | 10 (30.3%) |
| 2 | 9 (27.3%) |
| 3* | 9 (27.3%) |
| ≥4 | 5 (15.1%) |
| Highest SUVmax | |
| Median | 10.9 |
| Range | 4.4–22.7 |
| Highest TLG | |
| Median | 95.8 |
| Range | 13.4–7,135.5 |
| Total SUVmax | |
| Median | 18.3 |
| Range | 5.0–127.2 |
| Total TLG | |
| Median | 149.1 |
| Range | 15.1–7,135.5 |
↵* 1 patient in each group was defined with massive disease at PET/CT scan.
Qualitative data are expressed as numbers, followed by percentages in parentheses; continuous data are expressed as median and range.