TABLE 2

Baseline 68Ga-SSTR and 18F-FDG PET Imaging of Patients with NENs

ParameterData
68Ga-SSTR uptake495 (100.0)
 SUVmax = liver (level 1)3 (0.6)
 Liver<SUVmax≤15 (level 2)161 (32.5)
 15<SUVmax≤20 (level 3)106 (21.4)
 SUVmax>20 (level 4)225 (45.5)
18F-FDG uptake495 (100.0)
 Positive382 (77.2)
 Negative113 (22.8)
Primary tumor uptake on 18F-FDG PET
 No uptake (level 1)376 (76.0)
 SUVmax≤10 (level 2)87 (17.6)
 10<SUVmax≤15 (level 3)16 (3.2)
 SUVmax>15 (level 4)16 (3.20)
Primary tumor uptake on 68Ga-SSTR
 No uptake (level 1)262 (52.9)
 SUVmax≤15 (level 2)102 (20.6)
 15<SUVmax≤20 (level 3)37 (7.5)
 SUVmax>20 (level 4)94 (19.0)
Liver tumor burden on 18F-FDG PET
 0 lesions (level 1)239 (48.3)
 1 lesion (level 2)49 (9.9)
 2 to ≤5 lesions (level 3)126 (25.5)
 >5 lesions (level 4)77 (15.6)
 Not assessed4 (0.8)
Bone tumor burden on 18F-FDG PET
 0 lesions (level 1)409 (82.6)
 1 lesion (level 2)29 (5.9)
 2 to ≤5 lesions (level 3)36 (7.3)
 >5 lesions (level 4)19 (3.8)
 Not assessed2 (0.4)
Lymph node tumor burden on 18F-FDG PET
 0 lesions (level 1)362 (73.1)
 1 lesion (level 2)55 (11.1)
 2 to ≤5 lesions (level 3)58 (11.7)
 >5 lesions (level 4)13 (2.6)
 Not assessed7 (1.4)
Lung tumor burden on 18F-FDG PET
 0 lesions (level 1)463 (93.5)
 1 lesion (level 2)22 (4.4)
 2 to ≤5 lesions (level 3)6 (1.2)
 >5 lesions (level 4)4 (0.8)
Liver tumor burden on 68Ga-SSTR PET
 0 lesions (level 1)76 (15.4)
 1 lesion (level 2)32 (6.5)
 2 to ≤5 lesions (level 3)153 (30.9)
 >5 lesions (level 4)234 (47.3)
Liver tumor 68Ga-SSTR uptake
 No uptake (level 1)77 (15.6)
 SUVmax≤15 (level 2)117 (23.6)
 15<SUVmax≤20 (level 3)90 (18.2)
 SUVmax>20 (level 4)211 (42.6)
  • Data are numbers followed by percentages in parentheses.