Open AccessHistological Validation of 11 Carbon-Acetate Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography in Detecting Lymph Node Metastases in Prostate Cancer
Author(s) -
Nieroshan Rajarubendra,
Fábio Almeida,
Zarko Manojlovic,
Chisato Ohe,
Nariman Ahmadi,
Giovanni Cacciamani,
Michael Qiu,
André Luís de Castro Abreu,
Jie Cai,
Gus Miranda,
Mariana C. Stern,
John Carpten,
Peter Kühn,
Mahul B. Amin,
Parkash S. Gill,
Manju Aron,
Inderbir S. Gill
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1016/j.juro.2018.09.028
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , medicine , lymphadenectomy , prostate cancer , lymph node , nuclear medicine , tomography , lymph , radiology , metastasis , positron emission , cancer , pathology
Conventional imaging cannot definitively detect nodal metastases of prostate cancer. We histologically validated C-acetate positron emission tomography/computerized tomography to identify nodal metastases, examining prostate cancer factors that influence detection rates.