Current CT and MRI Applications in the Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer: A Review

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Hasan Aydin Ezel Yaltirik Bilgin Yasin Ozdemir Muazzez Bengi Akyol

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Hasan Aydin
Radiology Department, Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

A B S T R A C T

Most common urinary system cancer is the Bladder cancer(BC), more common in men (M/F: 3), is associated with both genetic and environmental factors.,two most well-known environmental factors are smoking and occupational exposures.Smoking is associated with 25-65% of BC cases, %50 average. Urothelial cancers are common in occupations that use paint, textiles, rubber and petroleum products. Among the chemical substances; O-toluidine, 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, 4-amino-biphenyl and nitrosamines are particularly related with the BC. Our objective in this systematic review is to indicate the value and aid of CT and MRI in the diagnosis of bladder cancer.

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Review Article

Publication history

Received: Thu 22, Dec 2022
Accepted: Mon 30, Jan 2023
Published: Wed 03, May 2023

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© 2023 Hasan Aydin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.COR.2023.01.01