Laparoscopic extended pelvic lymph node (LN) dissection as validation of the performance of [(11) C]-acetate positron emission tomography/computer tomography in the detection of LN metastasis in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancerShow others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: BJU International, ISSN 1464-4096, E-ISSN 1464-410X, Vol. 118, no 1, p. 77-83Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the accuracy of the radiopharmaceutical [(11) C]-acetate combined with positron emission tomography/computer tomography (acetate-PET/CT) in lymph node (LN) staging in newly diagnosed prostate cancer cases. A second aim was to evaluate the potential discriminative properties of acetate-PET/CT in clinical routine.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a prospective comparative study, from July 2010 to June 2013, 53 men with newly histologically diagnosed intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer underwent acetate-PET/CT investigation at one regional centre before laparoscopic extended pelvic LN dissection (ePLND) at one referral centre. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of acetate-PET/CT were calculated. Comparisons were made between true-positive and false-negative PET/CT cases to identify differences in the clinical parameters: PSA level, Gleason status, lymph metastasis burden and size, calculated risk of LN involvement, and curative treatment decisions.
RESULTS: In all, 26 patients had surgically/histologically confirmed LN metastasis (LN+). Acetate-PET/CT was true positive in 10 patients, false positive in one, false negative in 16, and true negative in 26. The individual sensitivity was 38%, specificity 96%, and accuracy 68%. The acetate-PET/CT positive cases had significantly more involved LNs (mean 7.9 vs 2.4, P < 0.001) with larger cancer diameters (14.1 vs 4.9 mm, P = 0.001) and fewer eventually had treatment with curative intent (40% vs 94%, P <0.005), although we lack long-term outcome data.
CONCLUSION: Acetate-PET/CT has too low a sensitivity for routine LN staging but the specificity is high. The acetate-PET/CT positive cases have a very high burden of LN spread.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Blackwell Publishing, 2016. Vol. 118, no 1, p. 77-83
Keywords [en]
Laparoscopy, lymph node staging, lymph nodes, position emission tomography, prostate cancer
National Category
Urology and Nephrology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-88720DOI: 10.1111/bju.13202ISI: 000378042700015PubMedID: 26074275Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84975127275OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-88720DiVA, id: diva2:1519890
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