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Integrated analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT improves preoperative lymph node staging for patients with invasive bladder
Antoine Girard1,2, Mathieu Rouanne3, Sarah Taconet4
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Foch, Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 40, Rue Worth, 92150, Suresnes, France. a.girard@rennes.unicancer.fr.
Objectives:
Preoperative 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is controversial to assess lymph node (LN) staging in patients with invasive bladder cancer. We proposed to use the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) associated with axial-based LN size to improve the detection of regional LN metastasis.
Methods:
From May 2015 to May 2017, we prospectively included patients with urothelial bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy with extended pelvic LN dissection. All patients underwent preoperative 18F-FDG PET/CT staging before surgery. The gold standard comparator was the pathological examination of resected LNs. The data were reported on a regional per area- and patient-based model according to SUVmax values and axial-based LN size criteria.
Results:
In total, 1012 LNs were identified in 61 patients with clinically localized invasive bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy and extended pelvic LN dissection. Loco-regional involvement of 24 LN areas was confirmed in 17 patients. In per area analysis, diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT and CT alone were respectively 84% and 78% (p = 0.039). On patient-based analysis, combined PET/CT correctly classified pelvic LN status in 5/61 (+ 8%) additional patients using optimal thresholds compared to CT alone, with accuracies of 82% and 74%, respectively (p = 0.13).
Conclusion:
Combining SUVmax and axial-based LN size criteria using 18F-FDG PET/CT improved the diagnostic accuracy for preoperative LN staging in patients with invasive bladder cancer, in per area analysis.
Key Points:
• Combining metabolical and morphological features using18F-FDG PET/CT improves the detection of malignant lymph node in patients with bladder cancer. • 18 F-FDG PET/CT may help for initial staging of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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