Table 3.
Summary of GRADE of Recommendation for individual outcome measures in each imaging modality
| Imaging modality | Cancer type | Improvement in outcome measure | GRADE of recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optical coherence tomography | Bladder | Diagnostic accuracy | Low (++) |
| Staging of disease | Very Low (+) | ||
| Upper tract | Diagnostic accuracy | Very Low (+) | |
| Renal biopsy | Diagnostic accuracy | None | |
| Diagnostic yield | Low (+) | ||
| Penile | Diagnostic accuracy | None | |
| Confocal laser endomicroscopy | Bladder | Diagnostic accuracy | Very low (+) |
| Grading | Very low (+) | ||
| Upper tract | Diagnostic accuracy | None | |
| Grading | None | ||
| Autofluorescence | Bladder | Diagnostic accuracy | Very low (+) |
| Spectroscopies | Bladder | Diagnostic accuracy | Very low (+) |
| Endocystoscopy | Bladder | Diagnostic accuracy | Very low (+) |
| Photodynamic diagnosis | Upper tract | Diagnostic accuracy | Low (++) |
| Penile | Diagnostic accuracy | None | |
| Narrow band imaging | Upper tract | Diagnostic accuracy | Very low (+) |