title: Nuclear imaging of renal tumours: a step towards improved risk stratification.
abstract: Patients presenting with a clinically localized renal mass should ideally be managed with a risk-adapted approach that incorporates data regarding the metastatic potential of a given tumour. Unfortunately, currently available anatomical imaging techniques are unable to reliably distinguish between the various types of renal tumours, which include both benign and malignant histologies. Nuclear imaging offers a potential noninvasive means to characterize clinically localized renal tumours. A number of nuclear imaging tests are currently under investigation for this purpose and might one day be incorporated into patient care.
authors.affiliation: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Marburg 134, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gorin
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 601 North Caroline Street, Room 4210, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.affiliation: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Marburg 134, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamad E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Allaf
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D018570:Risk Assessment