title: [Imaging procedures in preoperative lymph node staging of invasive bladder cancer. Necessary or superfluous?].
abstract: A staging programme for detection of lymph node involvement before radical cystectomy has been carried out in 22 patients. The programme includes: intravenous pyelography, chest X-ray, abdominal sonography, bone scan, CT and MRI. Also an immunoscintigraphic examination using monoclonal anti-CEA antibody (TUMAK BW 421/26) was done in every patient. Preoperative lymph node staging using CT, MRI and immunoscintigraphy was compared with post-operative histological staging: a total of 5 patients were found to have lymph node involvement. In none of them had lymph node involvement been predicted on the basis of CT, MRI or immunoscintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Universitätsklinik Ulm.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Gottfried
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brandes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Henze
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Waidelich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D015653:Cystectomy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen