biostudies-literatureSun XNatural Science Foundation of ShanghaiNurture projects for the special project of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in general hospital of Shanghai Health CommitteeShanghai Talent Development Fundbasic research of Shanghai Chest HospitalYouth Medical Talents-Medical Imaging Practitioners ProgramShanghai Sailing Programe056804https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9114855biostudies-literatureUnknown12(5)<h4>Objectives</h4>Cancer cell has aberrant metabolism. The purpose of this study aimed to investigate relationships between maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax）of ¹⁸fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose and T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study, employing the Kruskal-Wallis, Bonferroni-Dunn and Mann-Whitney tests to compare SUVmax of different T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma.<h4>Setting</h4>The outpatients who had aberrant positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) images in chest were enrolled this study from August 2016 to November 2018 in Shanghai, China.<h4>Participant</h4>Initial 11 270 patients with suspected lung cancer who underwent PET/CT examinations weBMJ openRelationships between SUVmax of lung adenocarcinoma and different T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes: a retrospective cohort study in China.PMC911485521ZR1458900ZHYY-ZXYJHZX-202023201907320YF1444500, 21YF1442700SHWRS(2020)_0872021YNJCM09, 2020YNJCM07, 2020YNJCQ11,2020YNJCQ06Xie WLiu LRuan MChang CSun XLei BYan HXie CZhang QChen TWang LfalseRelationships between SUVmax of lung adenocarcinoma and different T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes: a retrospective cohort study in China.<h4>Objectives</h4>Cancer cell has aberrant metabolism. The purpose of this study aimed to investigate relationships between maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax）of ¹⁸fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose and T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study, employing the Kruskal-Wallis, Bonferroni-Dunn and Mann-Whitney tests to compare SUVmax of different T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma.<h4>Setting</h4>The outpatients who had aberrant positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) images in chest were enrolled this study from August 2016 to November 2018 in Shanghai, China.<h4>Participant</h4>Initial 11 270 patients with suspected lung cancer who underwent PET/CT examinations we2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 May2025-04-04T03:20:18.999Z2025-04-04T03:20:18.999ZS-EPMC91148553558096610.1136/bmjopen-2021-056804