Abbreviated CT protocol for postoperative surveillance of renal cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Using an abbreviated CT protocol that includes the chest and upper abdomen for surveillance after surgery of localized kidney cancer decreases radiation exposure by half with only a minor decrease in the sensitivity of the examination.
PMID: 30228095 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Urologic Oncology - September 15, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Gofrit ON, Rabinovich I, Yutkin V, Pode D, Duvdevani M, Landau EH, Hidas G, Goldberg SN Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research