Onkologie. 2022:16(1):6-9 | DOI: 10.36290/xon.2022.001

Imaging methods and their role in postoperative follow-up for renal carcinoma

Michal Standara

Oddělení radiologie, Masarykův onkologický ústav v Brně

Recommendations of professional authorities on follow-up imaging in patients after surgery for renal cancer vary. Despite general agreement on the need for individualization according to the degree of risk in a particular patient, risk stratification methods are not consistent. In the practice, the resultant follow-up pattern is always an intersection of the need to detect disease recurrence in an early stage, minimization of the patient's radiation burden, and availability of a particular imaging modality. Most recommendations suggest that, in the first three years after surgery, follow-up with CT of the chest and abdomen should be done at least once a year; in the following years, particularly in the low-risk group, the frequency of testing can be reduced.

Keywords: kidney cancer, recurrence, follow-up, imaging, CT.

Published: February 22, 2022  Show citation