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Multiparametric MRI Anticipates Post-Nephrectomy Kidney Decline

Loss of functional kidney tissue after nephrectomy for kidney cancer contributes to the onset of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Can MRI Foresee Kidney Damage After Nephrectomy? New Study Says Yes

USA: Researchers have found that preoperative multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) could help predict the risk of chronic kidney ...
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Assessment of early vascular effects of the angiogenesis inhibitor sunitinib (SU) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion weight ...

Concurrent assessment of vasculature and proliferative pharmacodynamics in patients treated with VEGFR TKI. Conclusions: This is the first report of DWI at 3T in SU-treated RCC pts. SU significantly ...
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Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Plus MRI Identifies Undescended Testes

(HealthDay News) — Combined diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) show a greater performance compared to conventional MRI alone for identification of non-palpable ...