title: Prognostic value of the standardized uptake value in esophageal cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  On PET, the level of tissue glycolysis can be quantified by the accumulation of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose expressed as the standardized uptake value (SUV). The aims of this study were to investigate the relation between SUV and the stage of disease and whether SUV can be used to predict resectability and survival in patients with esophageal cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SUV can be used to predict resectability; however, SUV is not an independent factor that can be used to assess survival in patients with esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henderik L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: van Westreenen
authors.forename: John T M
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Plukker
authors.forename: David C P
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cobben
authors.forename: Carolien J M
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Verhoogt
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Groen
authors.forename: Pieter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Jager
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18