Fig. 2
The relationships between the SUVmax of esophageal tumors and pathological T-stages. a Means of esophageal tumor SUVmax for the five pathological T-stages in the CRT[−] group (blue bars) and the CRT[+] group (red bars). A higher SUVmax was associated with a higher pathological T-stage (Jonckheere-Terpstra Trend Test across the 5 stage, all p < 0.001). Error bars were standard deviations. b The SUVmax of esophageal tumors were plotted against pathological T-stages in the CRT[−] group (blue dots) and the CRT[+] group (red dots). There were positive correlations between the tumor SUVmax and pathological T-stage (all p < 0.001)