¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT biomarkers as predictors of long term outcomes and survival rates in patients with high risk malignant pulmonary masses/nodules treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

CONCLUSIONS: TLG and MTV are more useful than SUVmax and SUVmean for predicting outcome, OS and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients receiving SABR. The TLG and MTV measurement on ^(18)F-FDG PET imaging may be routinely recommended in baseline ^(18)F-FDG PET/CT prior to …