Accuracy and prognostic value of radiological lymph node features in variant histologies of bladder cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To provide first evidence of lymph node (LN) staging using CT scan and its prognostic value in variant histologies of bladder cancer. This knowledge may optimize patient management with variant histologies based on CT morphological findings.

Methods

Preoperative CT scans of patients with variant histologies who underwent RC between 2004 and 2019 were reanalyzed by two independent radiologists in a blinded review process. Specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy for LN staging as well as LN characteristics were evaluated. Correlation with survival was investigated by Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test and multivariate analysis.

Results

1361 patients with primary tumor of the bladder underwent RC, of which 163 (12%) patients revealed variant histologies. 65 (47.8%

SUBMITTER: Rodler S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9236971 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature