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Table 3 Incidence of distant metastasis by TN and clinical stage, and SUVmax

From: 18F-FDG-PET/CT can be used to predict distant metastasis in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Characteristics

No. of patients (n = 121)

No. of distant metastasis (n = 31)

%

T-classification

T1

8

1

12.5

T2

50

7

14.0

T3

27

9

33.3

T4

36

14

38.9

N-classification

N0

29

3

10.3

N1

10

2

20.0

N2

78

25

32.1

N3

4

1

25.0

Clinical stage

I

6

1

16.7

II

17

1

0.6

III

12

3

25.0

IV

86

26

30.2

SUVmax primary tumor

< 13.9

48

2

4.2

≥ 13.9

73

29

39.7

  1. TN, tumor and node stage (Union for International Cancer Control, 8th ed., 2017). SUVmax: maximum standard uptake value