Review Article

Prognostic Significance of Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

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HRs and 95% confidence intervals of individual studies and pooled data of MTV, inguinal nodal 18F-FDG uptake, PET metabolic response to therapy, and categorized SUVmax for PFS. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; MTV, metabolic tumor volume; PET, positron emission tomography; SUV, standardized uptake value; PFS, progression-free survival.