Whole-body MRI beats out PET/CT at detecting debilitating bone cancer – Health Imaging

Upon analyzing patients with suspected myeloma, 18F-FDG PET/CT achieved a 69.9% sensitivity for detecting bone lesions. Whole-body MRI, meanwhile, hit the 91.3% mark. PET alone reached 54.3% sensitivity, the authors noted.
Additionally, whole-body imaging pushed doctors to treat an additional 7% of patients compared with PET/CT.
Imaging findings analyzed from each of the two modalities only agreed on a positive diagnosis in 59% of people, Goh and colleagues found.
Given these results, Goh said…

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