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Renal tumor structured reporting including nephrometry score and beyond: what the urologist and interventional radiologist need to know

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The purpose of this paper is to describe cross-sectional imaging anatomic and morphologic parameters of solid renal tumors that urologists and interventional radiologists need for precise management, review the commonly used terms and descriptors of those parameters, and suggest a comprehensive reporting system for detected masses.

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    Naif Alsaikhan, Wael Alshehri, Fiona Cassidy, Lejla Aganovic & Noushin Vahdat

  2. Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, VA Healthcare System, San Diego, USA

    Fiona Cassidy, Lejla Aganovic & Noushin Vahdat

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Alsaikhan, N., Alshehri, W., Cassidy, F. et al. Renal tumor structured reporting including nephrometry score and beyond: what the urologist and interventional radiologist need to know. Abdom Radiol 44, 190–200 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1691-0

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