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ArticleBMC urology2024

Determining the clinicopathological significance of the VI-RADS ≧4 group: a retrospective study.

Shunsuke Ikuma, Jun Akatsuka, Hayato Takeda, Yuki Endo, Tomonari Kiriyama, Tsutomu Hamasaki, Go Kimura, Yukihiro Kondo

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Article in BMC urology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Shunsuke IkumaDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Jun AkatsukaDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Hayato TakedaDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Yuki EndoDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Tomonari KiriyamaDepartment of Radiology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Tsutomu HamasakiDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Go KimuraDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Yukihiro KondoDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan. kondoy@nms.ac.jp.
Nippon Medical School Hospital · JPNippon Medical School · JP

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Abstract

backgroundThe Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) is widely used for predicting muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). This study aimed to determine the clinicopathological significance of the VI-RADS ≧4 (VI≧4) group.

methodsPatients who underwent transurethral resections of bladder tumors during the study period and preoperative magnetic resonance imaging were considered. The patients were pathologically diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma (UC). We first compared the results of patients with VI-RADS scores of 3 and 4 to determine the cut-off score for MIBC; thereafter, the patients were divided into the VI≧4 and VI-RADS ≦3 (VI≦3) groups using VI-RADS. The clinicopathological significance of the VI≧4 group was examined retrospectively by comparing the characteristics of each group.

resultsIn total, 121 cases were examined, of which 28 were pathologically diagnosed with MIBC. Of the 28 MIBC cases, three (10.7%) had a VI-RADS score of ≦3, and 25 (89.3%) had a VI-RADS score of ≧4. Of the 93 NMIBC cases, 86 (92.5%) had a VI-RADS score of ≦3, and seven (7.5%) had a VI-RADS score of ≧4. The diagnostic performance of the VI-RADS with a cut-off score of 4 was 89.3% for sensitivity, 92.5% for specificity, and an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.91. Contrastingly, for a cut-off score of 3, the sensitivity was 89.3%, specificity was 62.0%, and AUC was 0.72. A VI-RADS score of ≥ 4 could predict MIBC. In the VI≧4 group, 30 of 32 (93.8%) patients had high-grade tumors. The VI≧4 group had significantly more high-grade bladder cancers than the VI≦3 group (p < 0.001 OR = 31.77 95%CI:8.47-1119.07). In addition, the VI≧4 group had more tumor necrosis (VI≧4 vs VI≦3, p < 0.001 OR = 7.46 95%CI:2.61-21.34) and more UC variant cases (VI≧4 vs VI≦3, p = 0.034 OR = 3.28 95%CI:1.05-10.25) than the VI≦3 group.

conclusionsThis study suggests that VI-RADS has a high diagnostic performance in predicting MIBC and that VI-RADS could diagnose high-grade tumors, necrosis, and UC variants.

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Carcinoma, Transitional CellUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNecrosisRetrospective StudiesUrinary BladderBladder cancerMultiparameter magnetic resonance imagingReporting and data systemScoring

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