The radiologic evaluation of the patient with renal cancer.
Radiologic procedures are used for detection, differential diagnosis, staging, and follow-up in virtually every patient with renal cancer. This article reviews the best imaging techniques for each of these tasks, the capacities and limitations of each modality, the clinical situations that call for their use, and the proper timing and order of radiologic workup.
Department of Radiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York.
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D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed