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Table 3 Comparison between patients with synchronous and metachronous metastases regarding lesions size and SUV on 18F-FDG PET/CT study

From: 18F-FDG PET/CT in therapy response assessment: oligometastatic colorectal cancer

Site

Item

Synchronous No. = 35

Metachronous No. = 44

P1

P2

Baseline Mean ± Std

F.U Mean ± Std

P

Baseline Mean ± Std

F.U Mean ± Std

P

Prim. Site

Size

5.8 ± 2.8

3.0 ± 1.09

0.00**

0.000

0.000

0.00**

0.00**

0.00**

SUV

16.7 ± 6.8

7.6 ± 2.9

0.00**

0.000

0.000

0.00**

0.00**

0.00**

LNs mets

Size

1.5 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.4

0.08

1.8 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 1.0

0.001**

0.026*

0.027*

SUV

4.5 ± 2.5

3.1 ± 1.3

0.00**

4.7 ± 1.3

2.9 ± 3.0

0.00**

0.01*

0.034*

Liver mets

Size

2.4 ± 1.6

2.3 ± 0.9

0.62

2.3 ± 0.8

2.1 ± 0.9

0.21

0.41

0.93

SUV

10.3 ± 4.4

6.6 ± 1.7

0.93

8.8 ± 2.6

7.2 ± 3.5

0.16

0.008*

0.07

Periton.mets

Size

2.7 ± 1.0

2.4 ± 0.7

0.71

3.03 ± 1.2

2.2 ± 1.2

0.41

0.31

0.39

SUV

10.1 ± 11.3

6.8 ± 2.0

0.25

8.7 ± 4.7

6.8 ± 2.4

0.00**

0.74

0.98

Lung mets

Size

1.4 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.4

0.23

1.0 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.5

0.52

0.11

0.11

SUV

6.7 ± 2.4

4.4 ± 2.3

0.002*

3.9 ± 0.7

3.7 ± 0.7

0.51

0.22

0.002*

Bone mets

SUV

8.7 ± 2.6

6.8 ± 4.9

0.52

6.8 ± 4.9

3.9 ± 0.8

0.50

0.12

0.098

  1. *P1 between baseline in both groups *P2 between F.U of both groups