Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies.
Table 2.
Methods of 18 F-FDG PET imaging of included studies.
Fig 1.
Flow diagram of study selection.
Fig 2.
(a) Risk of bias graph: review authors’ judgments about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies. (b) Risk of bias summary: judgment of review authors regarding each risk of bias item for each included study.
Fig 3.
Forest plots of HR for EFS and OS with SUVmax (A, EFS; B, OS), MTV (C, EFS; D, OS) and TLG (E, EFS;F, OS). Chi-square test is a measurement of heterogeneity. P < 0.05 indicates significant heterogeneity. Squares = individual study point estimates. Horizontal lines = 95%CIs. Rhombus = summarized estimate and its 95%CI. Fixed: fixed effect model. Random: random effects model.
Fig 4.
Funnel plots without (up column) and with (low column) trim and fill.
The pseudo 95% confidence interval (CI) is computed as a part of analysis to produce funnel plots and their corresponding 95%CI for a given standard error (SE). HR indicates hazard ratio.
Table 3.
Summary of meta-analysis results.
Table 4.
Subgroup of EFS and OS of SUV max.