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Preoperative identification of adverse pathology in clinically localized clear cell renal cell carcinoma: development and external validation of a contrast-enhanced ultrasound-based model

Key takeaways

Researchers built an ultrasound-based tool to predict, before surgery, which early kidney cancers look aggressive under the microscope. It was checked on a separate group of patients. This is about kidney cancer, not chronic kidney disease, so it is outside this digest's focus.

Who did this work

Ji Ma · Zusheng Du · Fang Li · Zhen-Fang Wang · Wenzhi Li · Rong Wu

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-16
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-026-05795-5