[Principles of diagnosis of parenchymal and calyceal kidney cancer]. / Printsipy diagnostiki raka parenkhimy i lokhanki pochki.

AIM: To analyze features of kidney cancer diagnosis aimed at determination of invasion grade and suitable surgical approach. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out at the clinical bases of Urology Department of the Azerbaijan Medical University. There were 170 patients with kidney cancer for the period 2006-2016 (93 (54.7%) men and 77 (45.3%) women aged 15-82 years (mean 61.7 years)). All patients underwent transabdominal ultrasound, 84 (49.4%) - CT (contrast-enhanced procedure in 63 of them), 23 patients - MRI.