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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in the study.

From: Detection of primary sites in unknown primary tumors using FDG-PET or FDG-PET/CT

Variables

n = 20

Sex, male/female

9/11

Age, median (range)

54 (20-74)

Mean follow-up duration (months)

26.5

Site of metastases

 

   Cervical LN

6

   Extracervical LN (abdominal LN, axillary LN)

5 (3, 2)

   Bone

4

   Brain

1

   Others*

4

Pathologic type

 

   Poorly differentiated carcinoma

11

   Adenocarcinoma

4

   Squamous cell carcinoma

2

   Signet ring cell carcinoma

2

   Leiomyosarcoma

1

  1. *skin, mesentery, peritoneum, ureter.
  2. Abbreviation: LN = lymph node