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  • Title: [Staging and follow-up of renal cell carcinoma].
    Author: Rouvière O, Brunereau L, Lyonnet D, Rouleau P.
    Journal: J Radiol; 2002 Jun; 83(6 Pt 2):805-22, discussion 823-4. PubMed ID: 12218854.
    Abstract:
    Surgery is the only curative treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Preoperative staging is aimed at evaluating surgical possibilities and optimal surgical technique. Thoracic and abdominal CT is the best way to routinely evaluate locoregional and metastatic extension of the tumor. However, there is no consensus concerning which laboratory and imaging studies should be obtained to assess patients after radical nephrectomy or conservative surgery. Objectives of this review
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