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2296659

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the reliability of radiographs obtained for correlation with bone scans showing one or two new abnormalities in cancer patients without known metastases, a retrospective study of 306 scans showing such lesions was performed. Overall, 14% of the lesions proved to be malignant. The initial radiographic interpretation was normal for 43% of the new bone scan lesions; 17% of these lesions were metastases. A benign process was identified on radiographs for 38% of the abnormalities; only one (1%) was a metastasis. Twelve percent of new bone scan lesions correlated with radiographic abnormalities considered either suggestive of or consistent with metastasis, of which 24% and 71%, respectively, proved to be metastases. In cancer patients with one or two new bone scan abnormalities, correlative radiographs showing a benign abnormality are reliable. However, if the radiographs are either normal or show findings considered suggestive of or consistent with metastasis, further evaluation or follow-up is warranted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
174
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone scans with one or two new abnormalities in cancer patients with no known metastases: reliability of interpretation of initial correlative radiographs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article