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Table 7 Correlation between disease characteristics and PET-based therapeutic response in the study population

From: Comparison between RECIST and PERCIST criteria in therapeutic response assessment in cases of lymphoma

 

Objective response by PERCIST

Test value*

P value

Sig.

CMR

PMR

SMD

PMD

No. = 18

No. = 9

No. = 2

No. = 4

Pathology

NHL

10 (55.6%)

1 (11.1%)

1 (50.0%)

3 (75.0%)

7.894

0.246

NS

HL

7 (38.9%)

8 (88.9%)

1 (50.0%)

1 (25.0%)

GALT

1 (5.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Location

NA

3 (16.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (25.0%)

3.900

0.690

NS

Supra

7 (38.9%)

6 (66.7%)

1 (50.0%)

1 (25.0%)

Supra & infra

8 (44.4%)

3 (33.3%)

1 (50.0%)

2 (50.0%)

Stage

I

1 (5.6%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

14.506

0.696

NS

IE

1 (5.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

II

5 (27.8%)

5 (55.6%)

1 (50.0%)

0 (0.0%)

IIE

1 (5.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

III

2 (11.1%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (50.0%)

IIIS

5 (27.8%)

1 (11.1%)

1 (50.0%)

0 (0.0%)

IV

3 (16.7%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (50.0%)

New lesion

Absent

18 (100.0%)

9 (100.0%)

2 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

33.00

0.000

HS

Present

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (100.0%)

  1. P value > 0.05 Non significant (NS), P value < 0.05 Significant (S), P value < 0.01 Highly significant (HS)
  2. *Chi-square test