Role of magnetic resonance imaging in bladder cancer: current status and emerging techniques

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 110; no. 10; pp. 1463 - 1470
• Main Authors: Green, David A., Durand, Matthieu, Gumpeni, Naveen, Rink, Michael, Cha, Eugene K., Karakiewicz, Pierre I., Scherr, Douglas S., Shariat, Shahrokh F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Bladder cancer; Chemotherapy; Contrast Media; Dextrans; diagnosis; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Humans; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetite Nanoparticles; Medical sciences; Multidetector Computed Tomography; Neoplasm Staging; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; prognosis; staging; Tumors of the urinary system; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - diagnosis; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - drug therapy; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - pathology; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; urothelial carcinoma; Nephrology; magnetic resonance imaging; Urinary system disease; Prognosis; Staging; Stage classification; Urinary tract disease; Malignant tumor; Transitional cell carcinoma; Bladder cancer; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Urology; urothelial carcinoma; Medical imagery; Bladder disease; Diagnosis; Technique; Cancer

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? According to current treatment guidelines, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) can be used to assist in staging bladder cancer patients being considered for radical surgery. In this article, we review the evidenc...