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When to perform bone scintigraphy in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer? a retrospective study

open access: yesBMC Urology, 2017
Background To determine when a bone scintigraphy investigation is appropriate in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PCa). Methods We retrospectively reviewed 703 newly diagnosed PCa patients who were referred for bone scintigraphy.
Yiwei Lin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combined bone scintigraphy and fluorocholine PET/computed tomography predicts response to radium-223 therapy in patients with prostate cancer

open access: yesFuture Science OA, 2021
Aim: To assess the value of bone scintigraphy and 18F-fluorocholine PET/computed tomography (CT) in predicting outcome in patients with prostate cancer and bone metastases treated with 223radium. Materials & methods: Retrospective analysis of 48 patients
Michele Klain   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Routine Preoperative Bone Scintigraphy Has Limited Impact on the Management of Patients with Invasive Bladder Cancer. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BACKGROUND According to current guidelines, bone scintigraphy is not routinely indicated in patients with invasive bladder cancer prior to radical cystectomy unless specific symptoms are present.
Roth, Beat   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Results of bone scan uptake grade in bone scintigraphy after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

open access: yes, 2023
Results of bone scan uptake grade in bone scintigraphy after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
Do Young Park (5742782)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Detection of rib metastases in patients with lung cancer: a comparative study of MRI, CT and bone scintigraphy. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
We retrospectively investigated the imaging findings of bone scintigraphy, chest CT and chest MRI in 55 cases of lung cancer. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the detection of rib metastases were compared between imaging modalities on both a ...
Yan-Qing Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of FDG-PET/CT and bone scintigraphy for detection of bone metastases in breast cancer

open access: yes, 2011
Bone scintigraphy is the standard procedure for the detection of bone metastases in breast cancer patients. FDG-PET/CT has been reported to be a sensitive tool for tumor staging in different malignant diseases.
Müller, Stefan   +21 more
core   +1 more source

The value of bone marrow scintigraphy in patients with recurrent breast cancer

open access: yes, 1993
Attempts were made to assess the value of various methods of demonstration of bone metastases in patients with recurrence of cancer of the breast. A material of 123 patients with suspected or verified recurrence of cancer of the breast was submitted to a
Kamby, C   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Computerized segmentation of whole-body bone scintigrams and its use in automated diagnostics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Bone scintigraphy or whole-body bone scan is one of the most common diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine used in the last 25 years. Pathological conditions, technically poor image resolution and artifacts necessitate that algorithms use su±cient ...
Igor Kononenko   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

The Value of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Versus Conventional Bone Scan for Detecting Bone Metastases in Late Stages Breast Cancer

open access: yesArcades of Medicine
Background: Early detection of bone metastases in breast cancer is essential for accurate staging and management. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of FDG-based PET/CT and bone scintigraphy in detecting skeletal metastases.
Osama El-Hefnawy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Usefulness of three-phase bone scintigraphy and SPECT/CT for the diagnosis of bone lesions of systemic sarcoidosis [PDF]

open access: yesAsia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2014
We report a three-phase bone scintigraphy for the diagnosis of a peripheral bone lesion caused by systemic sarcoidosis. A 32-year-old man with suspected osteomyelitis of the right forefinger underwent three-phase bone scintigraphy with Tc-99m ...
Shigeaki Higashiyama   +4 more
doaj  

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