FDG-PET/CT for lymph node staging prior to radical cystectomy.

Vilhelm PihlMaria MarkusJohan AbrahamssonMats BläckbergOskar HagbergPetter KollbergAthanasios SimoulisElin TrägårdhFredrik Liedberg

Published in: European journal of hybrid imaging (2023)

Preoperative FDG-PET/CT prior to RC had a clinically meaningful high specificity (84%) but lower sensitivity (50%) for detection of lymph node metastases compared to lymph node status in an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy template. We could not identify any factors associated with false-positive FDG-PET/CT outcomes.

Keyphrases

lymph node
sentinel lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
patients undergoing
type diabetes
loop mediated isothermal amplification
adipose tissue
mass spectrometry
insulin resistance
structural basis