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Diagnosis of bladder cancer: contrast-enhanced ultrasound

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging represents a new approach to imaging tumoral neovascularity. This review describes the application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the detection, differential diagnosis, and staging of bladder cancer.

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    Carlos Nicolau, Laura Bunesch, Carmen Sebastia & Rafael Salvador

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Nicolau, C., Bunesch, L., Sebastia, C. et al. Diagnosis of bladder cancer: contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Abdom Imaging 35, 494–503 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-009-9540-9

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