Relationship between the uptake of 18F-borono-L-phenylalanine and L-[methyl-11C] methionine in head and neck tumors and normal organs

Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics

No.	Sex	Age	Primary disease	Presentation	Histology	Location	Past therapy	Size (cm)	Interval between studies (days)	Tumor SUVmax		Tumor TNR
No.	Sex	Age	Primary disease	Presentation	Histology	Location	Past therapy	Size (cm)	Interval between studies (days)	¹¹C-Met	¹⁸F-BPA	¹¹C-Met	¹⁸F-BPA
1	M	20	Facial RBD	NT	RBD	orbit	No^a	3.2 × 3.0 to 4.5 × 5.0^b	123	3.7	3.6	3.8	3.9
2	M	20	Facial RBD	LR	RBD	MS	PO/CRT	2.5 × 1.5	5	1.5	1.6	1.1	1.3
3	M	27	Lingual	LR	SCC	Lingual	PO/CRT	3.2 × 4.1	16	6.6	4.2	4.6	3.1
4	M	50	EAC cancer	LR	SCC	EAC	PO /CRT	3.3 × 4.4	2	4.4	4.1	3.1	2.9
5	M	47	Parotid gland ACC	LR	ACC	Parotid gland	PO /CRT	2.0 × 2.3	2	5.6	5.6	5.1	2.7
6	M	47	Nasal melanoma	NT	Melanoma	Nasal cavity	No	3.1 × 3.2	4	5.8	4.7	4.1	3.9
7	F	66	Lacrimal ACC	M	ACC	MS	PO /CRT	3.3 × 2.2	6	4.7	3.6	2	2.2
								Average	5 (median)	4.6 ± 1.7 (mean)	3.9 ± 1.2 (mean)	3.4 ± 1.4 (mean)	2.9 ± 0.9 (mean)

RBD rhabdomyosarcoma, EAC external auditory canal, ACC adenoid cystic carcinoma, NT newly diagnosed tumor, LR local recurrence, M Metastasis, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, MS maxillary sinus, PO postoperative, CRT chemoradiation therapy
^aPalliative surgery was performed in the interval between PET scans. ^bTumor size increased in the interval between PET scans

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