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On a pet scan does a lower suv uptake mean less aggressive cancer ? the suv uptake was 5.2,
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No: SUV has no bearing on the aggressiveness of the cancer. It is a relative measure of the glucose metabolism. In fact, some very aggressive tumors have no FDG uptake at all. Some benign conditions like infection can have high uptake. The standard uptake value depends on many factors like patient body size and serum glucose level and the normal uptake in the tissue surrounding the target lesion.
Answered 2/26/2021
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