National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer.

Guideline Title
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer.

Bibliographic Source(s)
Leyendecker JR, Francis IR, Casalino DD, Arellano RS, Baumgarten DA, Curry NS, Dighe M, Israel GM, Papanicolaou N, Prasad S, Ramchandani P, Remer EM, Sheth S, Fulgham P, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2009. 9 p. [82 references]

Guideline Status
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Jafri SZ, Dinan D, Francis IR, Baumgarten DA, Bluth EI, Bush WH Jr, Casalino DD, Curry NS, Israel GM, Kawashima A, Papanicolaou N, Remer EM, Sandler CM, Spring DB, Fulgham P, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging. Pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2007. 8 p. [61 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer.