Usefulness of FDG PET/CT derived parameters in prediction of histopathological finding during the surgery in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. by Altay Myssayev, Ayan Myssayev, Reiko Ideguchi, Susumu Eguchi, Tomohiko Adachi, Yorihisa Sumida, Shuichi Tobinaga, Masataka Uetani, Takashi Kudo

“…Significant differences in volumetric parameters, such as the MTV and TLG, were detected between the operable and non-operable subgroups.…”
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Assessment of mediastinal tumors using SUVmax and volumetric parameters on FDG PET/CT by Takahiro Morita, Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Mana Ishibashi, Kayako Isohashi, Hiroki Kato, Osamu Honda, Eku Shimosegawa, Noriyuki Tomiyama, Jun Hatazawa

“…SUVmax, MTV and TLG of benign and malignant tumors were comparedusing the Mann-Whitney U test. …”
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Different Prognostic Values of Dual-Time-Point FDG PET/CT Imaging Features According to Treatment Modality in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Su Jin Jang, Jeong Won Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, In Young Jo, Sang Mi Lee

“…In the surgery group, patients with high values of MTV, TLG, and entropy had worse survival, whereas, in the CRT group, patients with high values of ΔMTV and ΔTLG had better survival. …”
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Relationships between histogram analysis of ADC values and complex 18F-FDG-PET parameters in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. by Hans-Jonas Meyer, Sandra Purz, Osama Sabri, Alexey Surov

“…CONCLUSION:This study showed that entropy derived from ADC maps is strongly associated with MTV and TLG in HNSCC. Entropy, SUVmax, SUVmean, TLG and MTV were statistically significant higher in T3/4 tumors in comparison to T1/2 carcinomas.…”
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Velocity Measurements in Channel Gas Flows in the Slip Regime by means of Molecular Tagging Velocimetry by Dominique Fratantonio, Marcos Rojas-Cárdenas, Christine Barrot, Lucien Baldas, Stéphane Colin

“…MTV has provided accurate measurements of the molecular displacement of the gas at average pressures of the order of 1 kPa. …”
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Preoperative assessment of retroperitoneal Liposarcoma using volume-based 18F-FDG PET/CT: implications for surgical strategy and prognosis by Dao-Ning Liu, Jian-Hui Wu, Zhong-Wu Li, Hai-Yue Wang, Xiu-Yun Tian, Chun-Yi Hao

“…Conclusions Our findings indicate that MTV is an independent prognostic factor for RLPS, while MTV, TLG, and SUVmax can preoperatively predict multifocal lesions, histological grade, and pathological subtype. …”
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Prognostic Significance of Volumetric Parameters Based on FDG PET/CT in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma Undergoing Curative Surgery by Hyunjong Lee, Yoon-La Choi, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Hojoong Kim, Myung-Ju Ahn, Hong Ryul Pyo, Joon Young Choi

“…The suggested new staging system considering MTV predicted the prognoses better than the conventional pathological staging system.…”
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The Utility of PET/CT Metabolic Parameters Measured Based on Fixed Percentage Threshold of SUVmax and Adaptive Iterative Algorithm in the New Revised FIGO Staging System for Stage... by Yun Zhang, Yuxiao Hu, Shuang Zhao, Can Cui

“…MTV40%, MTV0.5, TLG0.5, GNTLG40%, and GNTLG0.5 values were significantly different among the five groups (p < 0.05) while the rest parameters were comparable (p > 0.05). …”
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Interim 4′-[methyl-11C]-thiothymidine PET for predicting the chemoradiotherapeutic response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: comparison with [18F]FDG PET by Katsuya Mitamura, Takashi Norikane, Yuka Yamamoto, Kengo Fujimoto, Yasukage Takami, Hiroshi Hoshikawa, Jun Toyohara, Yoshihiro Nishiyama

“…The differences in SUVmax (ΔSUVmax), MTV (ΔMTV) or PTV (ΔPTV) and TLG (ΔTLG) or TLP (ΔTLP) from baseline to interim PET scans were calculated. …”
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Prospective assessment using 18F-FDG PET/CT as a novel predictor for early response to PD-1 blockade in non-small-cell lung cancer by Ou Yamaguchi, Kyoichi Kaira, Ichiro Naruse, Yukihiro Umeda, Takeshi Honda, Satoshi Watanabe, Kosuke Ichikawa, Kazunari Tateishi, Norimitsu Kasahara, Tetsuya Higuchi, Kosuke Hashimoto, Shun Shinomiya, Yu Miura, Ayako Shiono, Atsuto Mouri, Hisao Imai, Kunihiko Iizuka, Tamotsu Ishizuka, Koichi Minato, Satoshi Suda, Hiroshi Kagamu, Keita Mori, Ichiei Kuji, Nobuhiko Seki

“…The predictive probability of PR (MTV: 57.9% vs. 21.1%, p = 0.044; TLG: 63.2% vs. 21.1%, p = 0.020) and PD (MTV: 78.9% vs. 47.3%, p = 0.002; TLG: 73.7% vs. 21.1%, p = 0.007) detected based on RECIST at 4 weeks after PD-1 blockade initiation was significantly higher using MTV or TLG on 18F-FDG uptake than on CT. …”
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Three-Layered Complex Interactions among Capsidless (+)ssRNA Yadokariviruses, dsRNA Viruses, and a Fungus by Yukiyo Sato, Sakae Hisano, Carlos José López-Herrera, Hideki Kondo, Nobuhiro Suzuki

“…Unlike YkV1, YkV4s reduced RnMTV1 accumulation and rescued the host fungus from impaired growth induced by RnMTV1. …”
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Prognostic value of baseline, interim and end-of-treatment 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters in extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: A meta-analysis. by Hongxi Wang, Guohua Shen, Chong Jiang, Li Li, Futao Cui, Rong Tian

“…We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Medline databases for eligible articles. SUVmax, MTV, and TLG on B-PET/CT, DS on I-PET/CT and DS on E-PET/CT were regarded as efficacy data. …”
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Prognostic value of metabolic parameters on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron tomography/computed tomography in classical rectal adenocarcinoma by Byung Wook Choi, Sungmin Kang, Sung Uk Bae, Woon Kyung Jeong, Seong Kyu Baek, Bong-Il Song, Kyoung Sook Won, Hae Won Kim

“…On multivariate analysis, positive LN metastasis, LVI, MTV, and TLG were independent prognostic factors affecting DFS (all P < 0.05), while CEA level, positive LN metastasis, and MTV affected OS (all P < 0.05). …”
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Metabolic PET/CT analysis of aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma prior to Axicabtagene Ciloleucel CAR-T infusion: predictors of progressive disease, survival, and toxicity by William G. Breen, Jason R. Young, Matthew A. Hathcock, Roman O. Kowalchuk, Matthew P. Thorpe, Radhika Bansal, Arushi Khurana, N. Nora Bennani, Jonas Paludo, Jose Villasboas Bisneto, Yucai Wang, Stephen M. Ansell, Jennifer L. Peterson, Patrick B. Johnston, Scott C. Lester, Yi Lin

“…While single time point PET/CT characteristics were not associated with risk of PD or death, increases from pre-leuk to pre-LD in parenchymal MTV, nodal MTV, TLG of the largest lesion, and total number of lesions were associated with increased risk of death (p < 0.05 for all). …”
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Intermodality Variability in Gross Tumor Volume Delineation for Radiation Therapy Planning in Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Thaskeen S. Fathima, MD, Pooja Sethi, MD, Govindarajalou Ramkumar, MD, Dhanapathi Halanaik, MD, Smrithi Sathish, MD, Ninad Patil, MD

“…DSC was 0.65 ± 0.15 between GTV-CT and GTV-MR, 0.62 ± 0.15 between GTV-CT and MTV30, and 0.576 ± 0.16 between GTV-MR and MTV30 pairs, respectively. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Preoperative Metabolic 18F-FDG PET/CT Parameters for Patients with Endometrial Cancer Treated with Postoperative Radiation Therapy by Sedef Dağ, Ayşe Kutluhan Doğan, Emel Canaz, Nazmiye Deniz Arslan, Burçak Yılmaz

“…MTV-30 was a significant predictor of CI (p=0.04). …”
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A Deep Learning-Aided Automated Method for Calculating Metabolic Tumor Volume in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Russ A. Kuker, David Lehmkuhl, Deukwoo Kwon, Weizhao Zhao, Izidore S. Lossos, Craig H. Moskowitz, Juan Pablo Alderuccio, Fei Yang

“…Metabolic tumor volume (MTV) is a robust prognostic biomarker in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). …”
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Concordance of FDG PET/CT metabolic tumour volume versus DW-MRI functional tumour volume with T2-weighted anatomical tumour volume in cervical cancer by Alta Y. T. Lai, Jose A. U. Perucho, Xiaopei Xu, Edward S. Hui, Elaine Y. P. Lee

“…Paired difference of mean between ATV and MTV was the closest and not statistically significant at MTV30 (−2.9cm3, −5.2%, p = 0.301). …”
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Associations between detectable circulating tumor DNA and tumor glucose uptake measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer by Anine Larsen Ottestad, Håkon Johansen, Tarje Onsøien Halvorsen, Hong Yan Dai, Sissel Gyrid Freim Wahl, Elisabeth Fritzke Emdal, Bjørn Henning Grønberg

“…Conclusion There was a positive correlation between plasma ctDNA quantity and MTV and TLG in early-stage NSCLC patients. Despite the correlation, the results indicated that ctDNA detection was a negative prognostic factor independent of MTV and TLG.…”
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Prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analys... by Tao Ling, Lianghui Zhang, Rui Peng, Chao Yue, Lingli Huang

“…Subgroup analysis showed that high MTV group had shorter OS than low MTV group in both first line group (HR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.39-2.79) and undefined line group (HR: 2.11, 95% CI: 1.61-2.77). …”
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