title: [Staging and follow-up of renal cell carcinoma].
abstract: Surgery is the only curative treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Preoperative staging is aimed at evaluating surgical possibilities and optimal surgical technique. Thoracic and abdominal CT is the best way to routinely evaluate locoregional and metastatic extension of the tumor. However, there is no consensus concerning which laboratory and imaging studies should be obtained to assess patients after radical nephrectomy or conservative surgery. Objectives of this review
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie urinaire et vasculaire - P Radio, Hôpital E. Herriot, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France. olivier.rouviere2netcourrier.com
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rouvière
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brunereau
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lyonnet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rouleau
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods