Positron emission tomography predicts survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma Raja M. Flores, MD, Timothy Akhurst, MD, Mithat Gonen, PhD, Maureen Zakowski,

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Positron emission tomography predicts survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma Raja M. Flores, MD, Timothy Akhurst, MD, Mithat Gonen, PhD, Maureen Zakowski, MD, Joseph Dycoco, BA, Steven M. Larson, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 132, Issue 4, Pages 763-768 (October 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.068 Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Hazard function plotting predicted median survival by SUV. SUV, Standard uptake value. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2006 132, 763-768DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.068) Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Overall survival by histology. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2006 132, 763-768DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.068) Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Overall survival by stage. TNM, Tumor node metastasis. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2006 132, 763-768DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.068) Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Overall survival by PET SUV. SUV, Standard uptake value. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2006 132, 763-768DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.068) Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 Overall survival by SUV and histology. SUV, Standard uptake value. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2006 132, 763-768DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.068) Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions