Could Bladder Multiparametric MRI Be Introduced in Routine Clinical Practice? Role of the New VI-RADS Score : Results From a Prospective Study

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BACKGROUND: The Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) was recently introduced as a standardized approach to reporting multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) for bladder cancer. We aimed to prospectively analyze its routine use and its diagnostic performance in discriminating non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 38 patients with diagnosis of suspect bladder cancer at cystoscopy underwent bladder mpMRI before transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB). Bladder tumors were categorized according to the VI-RADS. After TURB, the VI-RADS score was compared with histological report for each lesion separately. Receiving operating characteristic and decision curve analyses were used to assess its accuracy and clinical utility.

RESULTS: A total of 68 lesions were included, of which 7 (10.3%) were MIBC. The pooled accuracy was 90.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 75.4%-98.7%). The best threshold was estimated as VI-RADS 4, showing a sensitivity of 85.7% (95% CI, 57.1%-100%) and a specificity of 86.9% (95% CI, 78.7%-95.1%). Decision curve analyses showed that using VI-RADS ≥4 improved the net benefit compared with any default strategy for threshold probabilities of MIBC up to ∼40%, which is a reasonable clinical threshold for planning further treatments.

CONCLUSIONS: Our prospective study shows that the use of VI-RADS as a standardized reporting method is appealing and could be considered in clinical practice owing to its high accuracy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Clinical genitourinary cancer - 18(2020), 5 vom: 28. Okt., Seite 409-415.e1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marchioni, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Primiceri, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Delli Pizzi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Basilico, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Berardinelli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Mincuzzi, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Castellucci, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Sessa, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Di Nicola, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Schips, Luigi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bladder cancer
Bladder diagnostic
Journal Article
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging of bladder
Muscle invasive bladder cancer
VI-RADS score

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Date Completed 18.08.2021

Date Revised 18.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clgc.2020.03.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308583817