Imaging in the Follow-Up of Renal Cell Carcinoma

AJR:198, June 2012

Uday Patel Heminder Sokhi

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review the follow-up strategies used after treatment or for active surveillance of renal cell cancer and to describe the normal posttreat-ment findings and the distribution and the signs of relapsed disease.

CONCLUSION. Imaging follow-up protocols should be tailored according to the clini­cal scenario. Further experience is necessary to better refine imaging strategies, especially regarding follow-up of patients after thermal ablation or antiangiogenic therapy and those be­ing maintained on active surveillance.