The preoperative SUVmax for 18F-FDG uptake predicts survival in patients with colorectal cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with survival at 60 months

	B	S.E.	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp(B)	95 % C.I. for Exp(B)
	B	S.E.	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp(B)	Lower	Upper
TNM stage	1.522	0.425	12.82	1	< 0.001	4.581	1.991	10.538
Tumor size	−0.006	0.180	0.001	1	0.975	0.994	0.699	1.414
SUVmax	0.261	0.091	8.268	1	0.004	1.298	1.087	1.551
Nodal metastasis	0.261	0.238	1.209	1	0.272	1.299	0.815	2.070
Ratio of nodal metastasis to retrieved nodes	−0.029	0.028	1.052	1	0.305	0.972	0.919	1.027
Cyclin D1	−0.293	0.423	0.480	1	0.488	0.746	0.325	1.710
Constant	−9.458	2.275	17.282	1	0.000	0.000

A multivariate regression analysis was applied in PAST to test the correlations between the significant factors and SUVmax. And only TNM stage and SUVmax are independent risk factors for prognosis of colorectal cancer

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