Aspiration Cytology in the Staging of Urological Cancer: Clinical, Pathological and Radiological Bases

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Historical Background....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Aspiration Cytology in Urological Oncology—the Urologist’s Viewpoint....Pages 5-9
Percutaneous Needle Aspiration in Urological Oncology—the Radiologist’s Viewpoint....Pages 11-16
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Urological Neoplasms—an American Experience....Pages 17-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Anatomy and Metastatic Invasion of the Ilio-Pelvic-Aortic Lymphatic System....Pages 27-32
Lymphangiography in Cancer of the Genitourinary Tract....Pages 33-47
Experience with Modified Chiba Needle in Staging of Urological Cancer....Pages 49-56
Aspiration Biopsy of Lymph Nodes in Urological Malignancies: Its Value in Different Diagnostic Procedures in Tumour Staging....Pages 57-62
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Pelvic and Periaortic Lymph Nodes in the Evaluation of Neoplastic Disease....Pages 63-69
Percutaneous Fine Needle Biopsy of Abdominal and Pelvic Lesions: Needle Passes Necessary for Secure Diagnosis with Fluoroscopy and Computed Tomography Guidance....Pages 71-74
The Role of Aspiration Cytology in Staging and Monitoring of Malignant Neoplasms....Pages 75-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Aspiration Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Prostatic Carcinoma: the Importance of Cytological Malignancy Grading in Prognostic Judgement and Choice of Therapy....Pages 79-80
Fine Needle Aspiration and Core Biopsy in Detection of Prostatic Cancer: Comparison with Surgical Biopsy....Pages 81-88
Predictive Value of Histological Grading Systems....Pages 89-99
The Role of Staging in the Management of Prostatic Cancer....Pages 101-102
Lymphangiography and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Opacified Lymph Nodes in the Staging of Patients with Carcinoma of the Prostate....Pages 103-106
Lymph Node Aspiration in Staging Prostatic Carcinoma: Importance of the Equivocal Lymphogram....Pages 107-115
Staging Prostatic Carcinomas with Percutaneous Lymph Node Biopsy....Pages 117-120
Lymph Node Aspiration Biopsy and Lymph Node Dissection in Prostatic Cancer....Pages 121-123
Lymph Node Aspiration Cytology: an Aid to the Staging of Prostatic Cancer....Pages 125-127
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Lymph Node Aspiration Biopsy in Patients with Prostatic Cancer....Pages 129-133
Combined Lymph Node Aspiration Cytology and Tumour Grade in Staging of Prostatic Cancer....Pages 135-139
Cytological Findings in Conservative Treatment of Prostatic Cancer....Pages 141-143
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
The Histopathology of Human Bladder Cancer....Pages 149-158
Clinical and Pathological Staging of Bladder Carcinoma....Pages 159-167
TNM Staging System and Bladder Carcinoma: the Problems of the N Categorisation....Pages 169-171
Bladder Carcinoma: the Impact of Pretreatment Knowledge of Nodal Involvement....Pages 173-174
Bladder Cancer Staging Procedures: the Role of Lymph Node Aspiration Biopsy....Pages 175-176
Lymph Node Aspiration Biopsy Cytology and Nodal Status in Bladder Cancer....Pages 177-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Cabanas Approach: Is It a Reliable Sentinel Node for Staging Penile Carcinoma?....Pages 187-189
Lymph Node Aspiration Biopsy and Nodal Status in Penile Cancer....Pages 191-192
Aspiration Cytology in the Staging of Penile Cancer....Pages 193-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Staging of Renal Cell Carcinoma....Pages 209-214
The Diagnosis of Solid Renal and Adrenal Masses by Aspiration Cytology....Pages 215-223
Computed Tomography-guided Fine Needle Biopsy and Cytological Diagnosis of Adrenal Masses....Pages 225-234
Percutaneous Biopsy of Adrenal Tumours....Pages 235-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Radiological Evaluation of Retroperitoneal Nodes in Testicular Tumours....Pages 245-257
The Value of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Management of Metastatic Germ Cell Tumours....Pages 259-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Periureteral Aspiration Cytology in the Study of Ureteral Stenoses in Patients with Known Malignancy....Pages 267-277
Percutaneous Bone Biopsy....Pages 279-282
Back Matter....Pages 283-285