Fig. 4
Maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) in relation to the TNM stage. All values were greater than 5, and there was no correlation between the SUVmax and the tumour stage in the 27 cases with available TNM stage data (Additional file 1: Table S1). [Note: The patient with the minimum SUVmax = 5 (Nr. 32 in Additional file 1: Table S1) is not included. The operation was performed outside the TNM stage and the data were thus not available]