TABLE 1

Groups and Diagnoses of Patients

Groups and diagnosesNo. of patients
Group 1: serial studies under both conditions (distended stomach [n = 72] and empty stomach [n = 79])43
 Lung cancer18
 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma6
 Ovarian cancer6
 Breast cancer2
 Cervical cancer of uterus2
 Other9
Group 2: gastric malignancies
 Underwent distended-stomach PET study24
  Adenocarcinoma, not mucinous15
  Adenocarcinoma, mucinous1
  Signet-ring cell carcinoma5
  Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma3
 Underwent empty-stomach PET study17
  Adenocarcinoma, not mucinous11
  Adenocarcinoma, mucinous2
  Signet-ring cell carcinoma3
  Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma1