Clinical Trial: PET/MR for Characterization of Renal Masses (RMs)
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Renal Tumor
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Prospective Observational Study Using PET/MR for Characterization of Renal Masses (RMs)
Brief Summary:
The frequency of kidney tumors found incidentally on imaging studies performed for unrelated reasons continues to increase leading to more surgeries and ablations for the treatment of renal masses thought to be cancer.However, about 20% of these masses are not cancerous and do not require treatment.Many cancerous kidney tumors are indolent and can be followed safely with imaging (i.e., particularly tumors <2 cm and in patients with limited life expectancy), while some tumors are both malignant and aggressive,…
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