PET–CT for staging patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer: is it more than just a fancy tool?

We aim to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of PET–CT/MRI in the local and distant staging of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Medline, Pubmed and EMBASE were searched for studies evaluating the diagnostic performance of PET–CT/MRI in the primary staging of MIBC patients. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratio (PLR and NLR, respectively) and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR = PLR/NLR) are...