Comparison of CT urography and excretory urography in the detection and localization of urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1102-1109

  Jinzaki, Masahiro ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Kikuchi, Eiji ^a   Sato, Kozo ^a   Horiguchi, Yutaka ^a,b   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Helical CT; Hematuria; Transitional cell carcinoma; Ureter cancer; Urinary tract cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROGRAPHY; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 79959576156     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5249     Document Type: Article

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