then categorized as nonmetastatic CRPC. “A large number of these patients have no evidence of disease on nuclear scans; CT imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis; or MRI, and become castration-resistant,” she said. Three randomized trials in
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systems, and treatment verification. These advances have been facilitated by improvements in diagnostic imaging, including MRI and PET/CT. At first, these innovations were used for the treatment of solid tumors, wherein it became possible to further
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, contrast-enhanced CT or MRI scan is sometimes used as a surveillance test in high-risk individuals. 8 The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) endorsed an HCC surveillance program for high-risk patients with its first HCC practice
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deny coverage for individuals at risk. Patients, physicians, and advocacy groups have identified breast MRI in carriers of HBOC and colonoscopies for younger individuals with Lynch syndrome as the most difficult services to obtain. 2 , 3 Difficulty in
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, and pelvis (see PBCL-3 , page 1270). FDG-PET/CT or FDG-PET/MRI is recommended if available. 25 However, treatment should not be delayed to obtain this scan, and FDG-PET does not exclude the need for full diagnostic quality, high-resolution CT or MRI
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fractionation schemes. The survival advantage of PCI was recently challenged by a randomized phase III Japanese trial of 224 patients with extensive-stage SCLC. 25 Patients were required to have an MRI before PCI to confirm the absence of brain metastases and
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day 1 of first-line treatment. Specifically, we examined (1) imaging modality used (chest/abdomen/pelvis CT, bone scan, 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose [FDG]-PET/PET-CT, abdominal MRI, abdominal ultrasound, chest radiograph, spine MRI, head CT, brain MRI); (2
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matter of days or a few weeks before death. In my hospital network, hospitalization functions as a complicated catalyst for these transitions. Urgent testing, including diagnostic laboratory studies or CT and MRI scans, is more readily available at any
