Positive predictive value of CT urography in the evaluation of upper tract urothelial cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sadow, Cheryl A ^a   Wheeler, Shane C ^a   Kim, Jihoon ^a,b   Ohno Machado, Lucila ^a,b   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CT urography; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE CYTOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROGRAPHY; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 78649710055     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4147     Document Type: Article

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