Review Article

Prognostic Value of MTV and TLG of 18F-FDG PET in Patients with Stage I and II Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: a Meta-Analysis

Table 2

18F-FDG PET imaging methods for enrolled articles.

StudyDuration of fastingPreinjection blood glucose testPostinjection intervalDose of 18F-FDGDetermination of cut-off valuesCut-off values
MTV(cm3)TLG

Suman et al.6 h150 mg/dL60 min400 MBqROC6.625NA
Domachevsky et al.NANANA370–666 MBqOthers7.1NA
Seong et al.6 h140 mg/dL60 min5.5 MBq/kgOthers7.38.8
Seung et al.6 h150 mg/dL50 min370 MBqOthers1670
Charles et al.4–6 h200 mg/dL60 min10–20 mCiOthersNANA
Melloni et al.6 h180 mg/dl60 min370 MBqOthers2.959.61
Abelson et al.4–8 h160 mg/dl45–60 min10–18 mCiOthersNANA
Lin et al.4 hNA45 min370 MBqROC9.8NA

Abbreviations: ROC, receiver operating characteristic; MTV, metabolic tumor volume; TLG, total lesion glycolysis; NA, not available.