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Table 7 PET SUVmax at baseline and after four cycles of chemotherapy according to histological cancer category

From: The role of chemotherapeutic drugs in the evaluation of breast tumour response to chemotherapy using serial FDG-PET

SUVmax

Ductal (n= 50)

Lobular/lobular-ductal (n= 10)

P valuea

Baseline

6.96 (1.58 to 26.6)

6.42 (1.76 to 10.3)

0.48

After four cycles

1.85 (0 to 12.3)

1.87 (0 to 8.3)

0.96

After eight cycles

1.13 (0 to 8.7)

0.25 (0 to 5.6)

0.51

  1. Positron emission tomography (PET) maximal standard uptake volume (SUVmax) at baseline and after four cycles of chemotherapy (> 75% reduction in SUVmax) according to histological cancer category. Data presented as median (range) (total number = 60). aMann-Whitney U test.
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Breast Cancer Research

ISSN: 1465-542X

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