Utility of Routine Preoperative ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography in Identifying Pathological Lymph Node Metastases at Radical Cystectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We determined the diagnostic performance of ¹⁸F-FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) positron emission tomography/computerized tomography for detecting nodal metastases in patients with muscle invasive urothelial bladder cancer before radical cystectomy.

Materials and methods

Preoperative ¹⁸F-FDG positron emission tomography/computerized tomography scans (208) were retrospectively reviewed. Scans were routinely performed in 185 patients with muscle invasive urothelial bladder cancer between August 2012 and February 2017, all of whom underwent radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. Analyses were stratified by clinical node involvement and chemotherapy status. The diagnostic performance of ¹⁸F-FDG positron emission tomography/computer

SUBMITTER: Dason S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477436 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature