Imaging in bladder cancer: present role and future perspectives.
Advances in imaging have an increasingly significant role in the diagnosis, staging and restaging of patients with bladder cancer. This paper reviews the current use of imaging in bladder neoplasms, comparing the different radiologic investigations, and discusses the potential applications of novel imaging techniques in the management of patients with bladder cancer.
Department of Urology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Angelo
A
Totaro
Francesco
F
Pinto
Antonio
A
Brescia
Marco
M
Racioppi
Emanuele
E
Cappa
Daniele
D
D'Agostino
Andrea
A
Volpe
Emilio
E
Sacco
Giuseppe
G
Palermo
Annalia
A
Valentini
Pierfrancesco
P
Bassi
D003287:Contrast Media; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014567:Urography
D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals