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Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2008) 5, 302-303
doi:10.1038/ncpuro1114  
Received 19 February 2008 | Accepted 19 March 2008 | Published online: 13 May 2008

Can excretory urography detect upper urinary tract tumors after radical cystectomy for urothelial cancer?

Guido Dalbagni

Correspondence Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Center, 353 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA

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 dalbagng@mskcc.org

This article has no abstract so we have provided the first paragraph of the full text.

Most authors agree that routine imaging is needed to follow up patients after they have undergone radical cystectomy. The rationale for imaging is to detect recurrent UUTTs, identify benign ureteral strictures that would result in loss of renal function, and detect metastasis and local recurrences.

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