Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette ... [et al.], editors ; forewords by Peter L. Choyke and John M. Fitzpatrick
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London :
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Springer,
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c2009
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1 online resource (xix, 443 p.) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Part I Adrenal Carcinoma; 1 Adrenal Carcinoma: Introduction; 2 Cross-Sectional Imaging of Adrenal Masses; 3 Adrenal Carcinoma -- Radionuclide Imaging; 4 Considerations: Imaging in Adrenal Carcinoma; Part II Renal Cell Carinoma; 5 Renal Cell Carcinoma: Introduction; 6 Renal Cell Carcinoma: Conventional Imaging Techniques; 7 Cross-Sectional Imaging of Renal Cell Carcinoma; 8 Radionuclide Imaging in Renal Cell Carcinoma; 9 Considerations: Imaging in Renal Cell Carcinoma; Part III Urothelial Cell Carcinoma Upper Urinary Tract; 10 Urothelial Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract
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This book features significant changes witnessed in imaging in oncological conditions related to the bladder, prostate and kidneys and their impact. With prostate cancer being malignancy Number 1 in men and bladder cancer and renal cancer becoming more prominent, an increasing number of innovative treatments have become available that require better imaging including information on the location and extent of the tumors. Particularly in renal cell cancer an increasing number of small tumors are identified that justifies nefron sparing approaches such as cryosurgery and heat therapies, a prerequ