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Hadassah University, Israel

Bladder cancer staged preoperatively by C-11-choline PET/CT

Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, October 26th, 2006

Advanced transitional cell carcinoma could potentially be staged preoperatively by C-11-choline positron emission tomography/computerized tomography.

"Current imaging modalities for preoperative staging of advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or upper urinary tract are not sensitive for detection of metastases. This study examines the contribution of C-choline positron emission tomography/computerized tomography to preoperative staging of transitional cell carcinoma. We prospectively evaluated 18 patients with 19 advanced transitional cell carcinomas (17 bladder tumors and 2 upper tract transitional cell carcinomas)," scientists in Israel reported.

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