TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics

CharacteristicMedianScan 1Scan 2P
Patients10
 Men6
 Age (y)61 (45–66)
Tumor type (histology)
 Adenocarcinoma7
 Squamous cell carcinoma3
Tumor stage
 IIIb3
 IV7
Tumor location: lung
Lesions per patient2 (1–13)
Weight (kg)76 (57–110)75 (57–113)0.781
Number of patients
 60-min uptake interval1010
 90-min uptake interval108*
Number of lesions
 60-min uptake interval2626
 90-min uptake interval2618*
Injected activity (MBq)248 (194–377)238 (192–392)0.800
Scan start time (min)
 60-min uptake interval61 (59–67)60 (60–63)0.293
 90-min uptake interval92 (90–97)90 (90–95)0.219
  • * For 2 patients, 90-min PET scans were not collected because of patients’ inability to comply with scan duration.

  • Qualitative data are expressed as number; continuous data are expressed as median followed by range in parentheses. P values are from Wilcoxon signed-rank test.