Laura S. Mertens

Diagnostic value of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in staging histological subtypes of invasive bladder cancer

Abstract This study assessed the diagnostic value of [ 18 F]FDG-PET/CT in staging histological subtypes (HSs) of invasive bladder cancer. In 112 patients with ≥ 75% HS-content, 87% of primary tumours were FDG-avid, 9% were non-assessable (due to high FDG-avid urine), and only 5%...