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RCC is diagnosed and confirmed with imaging and tissue

diagnosis

• RCC is typically asymptomatic and may be detected incidentally due to increased use of

abdominal/pelvic imaging 1

• At diagnosis, 17% of patients have developed distant metastases 2

Imaging 3 Tissue diagnosis 3 Imaging

(assessing metastasis) 3

• CT > ultrasound > MRI > • Used to confirm diagnosis • CT abdomen/pelvis
angiography and determine subtype: • Bone scan

• Clear cell • Chest CT/X-ray
• Papillary • MRI
• Chromophobe • PET/CT
• Oncocytic

CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; PET: positron emission tomography.
1. Kapoor et al. Uro Clin N Am. 2020;47:271-280; 2. Xue et al. Cancer Med 2021;10:173-187; 3. UpToDate – Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma. Available
from: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-evaluation-and-staging-of-renal-cell- 11
carcinoma?search=renal%20cell%20carcinoma%20diagnosis&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1.