Bone scan with technetium 99m-methyl diphosphonate, the missing link in the initial staging of muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma
Conclusion
Bone scan has higher diagnostic performance than conventional imaging methods for detecting bone metastases. It changed the management plan in 8.8% of our patients, so we conclude that performing a whole-body bone scan in the initial staging of MIBC would be helpful.
Source: Nuclear Medicine Communications - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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