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Negative predictive value of PSMA PET scan for lymph node staging in patients undergoing robotic radical
Kishore Thekke Adiyat1,2, Ginil Kumar Pooleri3, Dinesh Thomas Cherian4
1Aster Medcity, Kochi, India. kishoreta@yahoo.com.
Purpose:
To assess the negative predictive value of PSMA PET scan for lymph node staging in patients undergoing robotic radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection.
Materials And Methods:
A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection and had a preoperative negative PSMA PET scan for metastasis was performed. The documented pre-operative variables studied included age, BMI, PSA at diagnosis, Gleason score, and biopsy ISUP grades. Patients were categorised as low, intermediate and high risk according to the D Amico classification. The post-op variables included were number of lymph nodes harvested, number of positive nodes, positivity rate, size of the node metastasis, T staging and ISUP grading.
Results:
The overall negative predictive value of PSMA PET scan was 71.6%. Further sub-classification according to risk stratification demonstrated a NPV of 58.02%, 92.7% and 90% for high, intermediate and low risk, respectively.
Conclusion:
Pelvic lymph node dissection cannot be excluded based on a negative preop PSMA PET/CT scan.
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