title: Imaging of kidney cancer.
abstract: Advances in molecular genetics have expanded the understanding of renal cell tumors. Now it is understood that renal cortical tumors are a family of neoplasms with distinct cytogenetics and molecular defects, unique histopathologic features, and different malignant potentials. Imaging contributes to clinical management of patients with renal tumors in providing diagnostic information for tumor detection, characterization, staging, treatment planning, and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University Weill Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA. zhangj12@mskcc.org
authors.forename: Jingbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
authors.forename: Ariadne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color