title: [Kidney cancer diagnosis].
abstract: Currently, kidney cancer is in most cases fortuitously diagnosed by ultrasound or abdominal computed tomography, performed for non-specific clinical signs. The late-developing clinical signs are suggestive of an advanced tumour stage. Abdominal computed tomography is the key examination; it enables to establish the diagnosis and assess tumour extension. Performing a tumour biopsy is useful in patients with small tumours, when diagnostic certainty is required or when metastases or a lymphoma are suspected.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie et de la transplantation rénale, CHU Michallon, 38043 Grenoble 9. JALong@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Alexandre
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Descotes
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rambeaud
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008403:Mass Screening; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis