
pmid: 34996595
In the urinary tract, bladder cancer is the most common malignancy. It is a heterogenous cancer type with approximately 30% presenting as muscle invasive bladder cancer with a high risk of metastatic spread associated with risk of death from distant metastases. The other 70% of bladder cancer patients present with superficial tumors with tendency of recurrence but in general not life-threatening. Like in other malignancies, accurate and precise staging of bladder cancer is one of the mainstays at the time of diagnosis to select the optimal treatment for each patient. The detection of metastatic spread is of utmost importance for selection of treatment strategy. Hybrid imaging med with FDG PET/CT is widely used in the clinical management of a variety of malignancies. FDG PET/CT is increasingly used for primary staging of muscle invasive bladder cancer and for detection of recurrence after radical cystectomy. Few studies have used FDG PET/CT for response evaluation of neoadjuvant, induction chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Furthermore, small studies have tested non-FDG PET agents with little or no urinary excretions of the tracer. This review provides an update on PET/CT in bladder cancer.
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/therapeutic use, Positron-Emission Tomography/methods, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals/therapeutic use, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, Positron-Emission Tomography, Humans, Radiopharmaceuticals, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/methods, Neoplasm Staging
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/therapeutic use, Positron-Emission Tomography/methods, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals/therapeutic use, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, Positron-Emission Tomography, Humans, Radiopharmaceuticals, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/methods, Neoplasm Staging
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