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Quantitative assessment of perirenal fat density in renal cell carcinoma: a combined radiologist-driven and YOLO-based CT study

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Researchers looked at CT scans of 57 people with kidney cancer and 82 healthy people. They found that the fat around the kidney looked different in the cancer group. This shows a link, but it is not proof that the fat causes the cancer.

Who did this work

Hadi Sasanı (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University) · Mazhar Özkan (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University) · Mehmet Ali Şimşek (Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University) · Hacı Murat Akgül (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University) · Ayşegül İsal Arslan (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-10-22
https://doi.org/10.3389/fradi.2026.1911034