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ReviewThe Urologic clinics of North America2018

Imaging of Solid Renal Masses.

Fernando U Kay, Ivan Pedrosa

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In one paragraph

Review in The Urologic clinics of North America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  4. Metabolic parameters analysis ofAmerican journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  14. [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021
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  16. Imaging Characterization of Renal Masses.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021
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  18. Active surveillance of small renal masses.Insights into imaging · 2020
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  19. Applications of radiomics in genitourinary tumors.American journal of cancer research · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fernando U KayDepartment of Radiology; UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2201 Inwood Road, Suite 210, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Ivan PedrosaDepartment of Radiology; UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2201 Inwood Road, Suite 210, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: ivan.pedrosa@utsouthwestern.edu.
Southwestern Medical CenterSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center SPORE in Kidney CancerP50CA196516 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI James Brugarolas · 2016 to 2026
$24.7M
NON-INVASIVE PHYSIOLOGIC PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSIVENESS IN RENAL CELL CARCINOMAR01CA154475 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI PEDROSA, IVAN · 2011 to 2024
$4.3M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA196516NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154475
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increase in serendipitous detection of solid renal masses on imaging has not resulted in a reduction in mortality from renal cell carcinoma. Consequently, efforts for improved lesion characterization have been pursued and incorporated into management algorithms for distinguishing clinically significant tumors from those with favorable histology or benign conditions. Although diagnostic imaging strategies have evolved for optimized lesion detection, distinction between benign tumors and both indolent and aggressive malignant neoplasms remain an important diagnostic challenge. Recent advances in cross-sectional imaging have expanded the role of these tests in the noninvasive characterization of solid renal tumors.

Indexed as

HumansImage-Guided BiopsyKidney NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedAngiomyolipomaImage-guided biopsyLymphomaMR imagingRenal cell carcinomaRenal oncocytomaUltrasonographyX-ray computed tomography

Identifiers

PMID30031457
PMCPMC6057157
OpenAlexW2808010513

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Registered trials

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