CD274 and non-small cell lung carcinoma: Forty-eight patients with previously untreated NSCLC and PD-L1 expression levels ≥ 50% who underwent 18F-FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) just before administration of pembrolizumab monotherapy were eligible and underwent assessment of metabolic tumor volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis (TLG), and maximum of standardized uptake value (SUVmax) on 18F-FDG uptake.