Relationship between SUV values and degree of malignancy in PET of lymphoma

PET is one of the more sensitive tests in tumor diagnosis and determines the benign or malignant nature of a mass by the SUV value, which is known as the standardized uptake value (SUV), and is also used in lymphomas. In general, a normal SUV value of less than 2.0 and more than 2.5 indicates a high likelihood of malignancy, while a benign likelihood of malignancy is high between 2.0 and 2.5. SUV is a semi-quantitative indicator of local tissue uptake of contrast agent activity versus systemic average injected activity.SUV=radioactivity concentration of the lesion/injected dose/body weight. The SUV values of different tumors have different degrees of uptake, and for determining whether a tumor is malignant or not, it depends on which specific tumor condition. PET is only one of the more sensitive tests in tumor diagnosis, and a final diagnosis requires a pathology test.