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Area of Science:

  • Urology
  • Radiology
  • Oncology

Background:

  • Multidetector row computed tomography (CT) is used for bladder cancer staging before cystectomy.
  • Existing data on CT's value in clinical staging are controversial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the agreement between CT-based radiologic staging and histopathologic staging of bladder cancer.
  • To assess the influence of interobserver variability in CT findings on staging accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of 276 patients' CT reports before radical cystectomy (2004-2008).
  • Blinded expert review of CT scans by an abdominal/genitourinary radiologist.
  • Correlation of radiologic reviews with surgical specimen pathology.
  • Estimation of interobserver variability using kappa statistics.

Main Results:

  • CT accuracy for local tumor staging was 49-51% (kappa 0.23-0.24).
  • CT accuracy for lymph node metastasis detection was 54-58% (kappa 0.04-0.15).
  • Fair agreement between radiologists for local tumor stage (kappa 0.23) and lymph node metastasis (kappa 0.35).

Conclusions:

  • Overall agreement between CT and pathologic staging for bladder cancer is poor to fair.
  • Significant interobserver variability in CT interpretation contributes to limited accuracy.
  • CT's limitations include detection of extravesical tumor spread, organ infiltration, and lymph node involvement.