Whole body MR is superior to bone scans in determining how far cancer has spread into the bone marrow and bones, a new study shows. The study compared whole body MR imaging and bone scans in the ...

Nine-year follow-up for a study of diffusion-weighted MRI in a prospective active surveillance cohort for prostate cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

Bone imaging cannot be safely omitted in advanced prostate cancer cases because no PSA level combined with T stage and Gleason Grade Group can accurately rule in bone metastases, a new study found.

Imaging methods like X-ray, ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) are good at showing structures inside your body. They tell us about the size, shape and position of things. This includes both ...

Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on track often takes just as long. Doctors typically rely on periodic X-rays, capturing two-dimensional images to see how the ...

It is difficult to escape a genitourinary malignancies session at any major oncology meeting these days without hearing a proclamation that the technetium-99 (Tc99) bone scan is dead. The triumphant ...

If you’ve undergone medical imaging, you may have had an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or a CT (computed tomography) scan done. These diagnostic tools use different technologies to visualize ...

Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs. While a DEXA scan is the gold standard for spotting osteoporosis and weak ...