Staging FDG-PET/CT for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: A nationwide population-based study.
Anke RichtersNoor van GinkelRichard P MeijerMaurits WondergemIvo SchootsAndré N VisLambertus A L M KiemeneyBas W G van RhijnJ Alfred WitjesKatja K H AbenLaura S MertensPublished in: BJU international (2023)
Patients with MIBC who underwent pretreatment staging with FDG-PET/CT were more often staged as lymph node-positive, regardless of cT-stage. In MIBC patients who underwent CT and FDG-PET/CT, FDG-PET/CT leads to clinical nodal upstaging in approximately one-fifth. Additional imaging findings may influence subsequent treatment strategies.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- muscle invasive bladder cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- image quality
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- sentinel lymph node
- high resolution
- prognostic factors
- dual energy
- pet ct
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance imaging
- early stage
- radiation therapy
- mass spectrometry