Table 3 Difference in values of predictors between recurrence and no recurrence groups

SUVmax in FDG-PET

 pre-Tx SUVmax

7.32 ± 5.47^a

4.03 ± 2.32

0.10

 post-Tx SUVmax

4.47 ± 2.94

2.86 ± 1.50

0.03

 ΔSUVmax

2.85 ± 4.65

1.17 ± 1.73

0.29

 ratio of SUVmax

0.83 ± 0.42

0.75 ± 0.34

0.56

tumor size

 pre-Tx tumor size

82.40 ± 39.04

83.60 ± 34.56

0.93

 post-Tx tumor size

81.30 ± 36.68

81.74 ± 36.41

0.97

 Δtumor size

1.10 ± 9.36

1.85 ± 9.60

0.83

 ratio of tumor size

0.89 ± 0.35

0.97 ± 0.15

0.37