Does FDG PETCT Scan has Role in Urinary Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.
Moustafa, H., Ali, M. (2025). Does FDG PETCT Scan has Role in Urinary Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.. EKB Journal Management System, 30(1), 1-5. doi: 10.21608/egyjnm.2025.431902
Hosna Mohamed Moustafa; Mariam Ali. "Does FDG PETCT Scan has Role in Urinary Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.". EKB Journal Management System, 30, 1, 2025, 1-5. doi: 10.21608/egyjnm.2025.431902
Moustafa, H., Ali, M. (2025). 'Does FDG PETCT Scan has Role in Urinary Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.', EKB Journal Management System, 30(1), pp. 1-5. doi: 10.21608/egyjnm.2025.431902
Moustafa, H., Ali, M. Does FDG PETCT Scan has Role in Urinary Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.. EKB Journal Management System, 2025; 30(1): 1-5. doi: 10.21608/egyjnm.2025.431902

Does FDG PETCT Scan has Role in Urinary Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.

Egyptian Journal Nuclear Medicine
Volume 30, Issue 1, June 2025, Page 1-5  XML PDF (324.12 K)
Document Type: Editorial
DOI: 10.21608/egyjnm.2025.431902
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Authors
Hosna Mohamed Moustafa email 1; Mariam Ali2
1Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
2Nuclear medicine department , national cancer institute , Cairo university , Egypt
Abstract
Bladder Cancer is a widespread common disease in EGYPT, that is ranked as the 10th most commonly, diagnosed form of cancer globally. In standard clinical practice, preoperative staging of muscle-invasive urinary bladder cancer, performing computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis as a part of pre-operative assessment. Also, pelvic MRI can also be done. FDG-PET scan in comparison to computed tomography (CT) scan in patients with urothelial carcinoma may help in improving staging and hence better prognosticate and change of therapy. FDG PET/CT could detect extra-pelvic metastatic lesions with higher sensitivity as compared to CT. FDG-PET/CT can help to determine the response of primary tumor bladder Cancer in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and thus can more accurately predict prognosis. F-FDG PET/CT using SUVmax of LNs is a useful tool for preoperative evaluation of pelvic LN metastases from invasive bladder cancer and may contributes for the selection of patients treatment management. PET/CT had higher sensitivity and specificity in identifying complete pathologic response and detection of chemo-sensitive tumors. Also FDG-PET/CT can help determine the response of primary tumor to NAC in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and thus can more accurately predict prognosis.
Conclusion: PET/CT may help in improving staging and detection of extra-pelvic metastatic lesions with higher sensitivity as compared to CT also may help in evaluation of pelvic LN metastases from invasive bladder cancer.
Keywords
bladder Cancer; PET/CT; CT
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