Imaging and staging of transitional cell carcinoma: Part 2, upper urinary tract

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1488-1493

  Vikram, Raghunandan ^a   Sandler, Carl M ^a   Ng, Chaan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncologic imaging; TNM staging; Transitional cell carcinoma; Ureter; Urinary bladder; Urothelial tumors

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROGRAPHY; AGED; FEMALE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; URETER TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67049125767     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2577     Document Type: Review

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