Role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging in surgery for pancreatic cancer

Table 1 Histological findings of the patients

Histological findings			Number of patients	SUV (mean ± SD)	Difference
Pathological stage (TNM)
pT	pN	stage
1	0	IA	1	3.59
1	1	IB	1	3.14
3	0	IIA	8	4.1 ± 0.9	NS
1, 2, 3	1	IIB	8	5.9 ± 4.5
Histological differentiation
Well			7	3.7 ± 0.7	NS
Moderately-poorly			11	5.6 ± 3.6
Lymphatic invasions
Negative			9	5.3 ± 3.9	NS
Positive			9	4.5 ± 2.1
Venous invasions
Negative			6	6.2 ± 5.1	NS
Positive			12	4.4 ± 1.9
Intrapancreatic nerve invasions
Negative			11	4.8 ± 3.5	NS
Positive			7	5.1 ± 2.3

SUV: Standard uptake value; NS: Not significant.