Table 2

End of treatment FDG-PET-CT

VariableSUVmax ≤mediastinal blood pool (n = 11)SUVmax >mediastinal blood pool (n = 10)
No uptakeSUVmax ≤mediastinal blood poolSUVmax <liverSUVmax ≥liver
Deauville score 4-5 
Disease absent 
Disease documented 
VariableSUVmax ≤mediastinal blood pool (n = 11)SUVmax >mediastinal blood pool (n = 10)
No uptakeSUVmax ≤mediastinal blood poolSUVmax <liverSUVmax ≥liver
Deauville score 4-5 
Disease absent 
Disease documented 
Outcome measures
SensitivitySpecificityPositive predictive valueNegative predictive value
63% 100% 100% 81% 
Outcome measures
SensitivitySpecificityPositive predictive valueNegative predictive value
63% 100% 100% 81% 

Deauville score 1 to 3 interpreted as negative and 4 to 5 as positive.

SUVmax, maximal standardized uptake value.

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