1. Primary Tumor Standardized Uptake Value (SUVmax) Measured on Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) is of Prognostic Value for Survival in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis (MA) by the European Lung Cancer Working Party for the IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project 
Thierry Berghmans, MD, Michèle Dusart, MD, Marianne Paesmans, MSc, Claude Hossein-Foucher, MD, Irene Buvat, PhD, Catherine Castaigne, MD, Arnaud Scherpereel, MD, PhD, Céline Mascaux, MD, Michel Moreau, MD, Martine Roelandts, MD, Stéphane Alard, MD, Anne-Pascale Meert, MD, PhD, Edward F. Patz, MD, Jean-Jacques Lafitte, MD, PhD, Jean-Paul Sculier, MD, PhD 
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 6-12 (January 2008)
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2. FIGURE 1
Graphical representation of the prognostic role of primary tumor SUV on survival in lung cancer. HR and 95% confidence interval (CI) for survival comparison in studies evaluating primary tumor SUV in lung cancer. HR >1 implied a survival benefit for reduced primary tumor SUVmax. The square size is proportional to the number of patients included in the study. The center of the diamond-shaped lozenge at the bottom of the figure gives the combined HR of the meta-analysis and its extremities the 95% CI HR = 2.27; 95% CI 1.70–3.02 (random-effect model). Total number of patients: SUV = standardized uptake value.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 6-12DOI: ( /JTO.0b013e31815e6d6b)
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