DaPeCa-7 : comparative assessment of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) and conventional diagnostic CT in diagnosis of lymph node metastases, distant metastases and incidental findings in patients with invasive penile cancer

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate diagnostic accuracy of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) compared to contrast-enhanced CT in assessment of inguinal lymph node (ILN) metastases, distant metastases and synchronous cancers in patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma (pSCC).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: During a 4-year period, patients with pSCC were scheduled for FDG PET/CT prior to surgical treatment at two referral centres that manage all penile cancers in Denmark. The primary endpoint was diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET/CT and of CT alone with histopathology or Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) as reference.

RESULTS: We evaluated 171 patients for distant metastases and synchronous incident cancers and examined 286 groins in 143 patients for LN metastases by FDG PET/CT. Six groins disclosed false negatives. FDG PET/CT sensitivity was 85.4% per patient. In 135 patients (270 groins), CT images were evaluated separately and 22 groins disclosed false negatives. CT sensitivity was 47.5% per patient. FDG PET/CT detected pSCC distant metastases in seven patients. Distant metastases from other cancers were newly detected in three patients. In eight patients, an incidental synchronous cancer was detected. Seven out of the 18 distant malignancies detected depended on FDG PET information.

CONCLUSION: This study underlines the increased diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET/CT compared to CT alone in the evaluation of ILN status. In patients with palpable LNs, the advantage of FDG PET/CT over CT is less pronounced. FDG PET/CT may play a role in penile cancer evaluation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

BJU international - 127(2021), 2 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 254-262

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jakobsen, Jakob Kristian [VerfasserIn]
Frahm Nielsen, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Ipsen, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Albrecht-Beste, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Cardoso Costa, Junia [VerfasserIn]
Alslev, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Predbjørn Krarup, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Grønkaer Toft, Birgitte [VerfasserIn]
Høyer, Søren [VerfasserIn]
Bouchelouche, Kirsten [VerfasserIn]
Bjerggaard Jensen, Jørgen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

#PenileCancer
#uroonc
0Z5B2CJX4D
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
Comparative Study
Computed tomography
Diagnostic accuracy
Distant metastases
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Journal Article
Lymph node metastases
Multicenter Study
Penile cancer
Radiopharmaceuticals
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Synchronous cancer

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Date Completed 26.04.2021

Date Revised 26.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bju.15206

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320118118