Integrated analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT improves preoperative lymph node staging for patients with invasive bladder cancer

Objectives Preoperative 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is controversial to assess lymph node (LN) staging in patients with invasive bladder cancer. We proposed to use the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) associated with axial-based LN size to improve the detection of regional LN metastasis.