Although patients with bladder cancer are at increased risk of developing upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), the overall incidence remains low. Serial CT urography is routinely performed in ...

After a diagnosis of urothelial cancer, doctors will assign a stage to the disease -- determining how deep the tumor has invaded into the bladder and whether there is any spread to the lymph nodes and ...

A study conducted by radiologists from Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA and VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, CA suggest that the new split-bolus (cross sectional ...

CT urogram-like in IVU, a contrast medium containing iodine is injected intravenously into the patient and a CT scan of the kidneys, bladder and ureters is taken. This test which is done rarely, helps ...

Using a split bolus (cross-sectional imaging) technique for urography, researchers have shown that they can reduce the levels of radiation that patients usually experience with diagnosis of urinary ...