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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"bone scan"”.
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Three Phase Bone Scan in the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome according to the Disease Progress
… characteristic symptoms and signs, Three phase bone scan (TPBS) is one of the objective tools in diagnosis of CRPS. However, TPBS cannot confirm CRPS and has limited role in diagnosis of CRPS. The aim of this study was to evaluate a diagnostic accuracy in the diagnosis of CRPS comparing with …
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Evaluating the role of a 99mTc-HYNIC-PSMA SPECT scan following a negative bone scan in men with prostate cancer: a single-centre, retrospective cohort study
… singlephoton emission computerised tomography) scan following a negative 99mTc-MDP (technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate) bone scan. Materials and methods: This study is a retrospective review of patients with high-risk and unfavourable intermediate-risk prostate cancer, who underwent a …
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Radiobiological mechanisms and novel imaging biomarkers in metastatic prostate cancer treated with radium-223
… to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Bone metastases are an extremely common disease state, present in 90% of patients with metastatic CRPC (mCRPC). The use of alpha (α)-particle radionuclide emitters for the treatment of metastatic bone disease is an active area of research in …
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Potential for osteoporosis in selected dancers
… attitudes, serum estradiol concentration, and bone mineral density were determined for 24 contemporary college dancers and 32 nonexercising control subjects. All subjects were nonsmoking, white females, not currently taking prescribed medication and had no prior eating disorders. Data were …
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Δυναμική ταξινόμηση των μορφών της νόσου του Paget των οστών και η θεραπευτική αντιμετώπισή τους
… the traditional radiological phases of bone turnover or remodelling: that is, the osteolytic phase, the mixed phase, and the osteoblastic phase. Normal or diminished bone scan activity in the osteoblastic phase indicates diminished bone turnover which we distinguish as the osteosclerotic …
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골경화성 골전이를 동반한 유방암 환자에서 F-18 fluoride PET/CT의 유용성
Bone metastasis is an important factor for treatment and prognosis of breast cancer patients. Whole body bone scintigraphy can be used to evaluated bone metastases and also F-18 FDG PET/CT seems to exhibit high specificity and accuracy to detect skeletal metastases. However there is the limitation …
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Detecting prostate cancer metastases - PET/CT and the sentinel node technique
… with different properties; fluoride detects bone metastases only, while choline may detect metastases in bone, lymph nodes, and other organs. Sentinel node (SN) detection is an invasive method that allows selective dissection of the lymph nodes most likely to contain metastases. The SN …
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An Evaluation of 1) Bone Changes Following Bariatric Surgery and 2) Fat and Muscle Indices Assessed by pQCT: Implications for Osteoporosis and Type-2 Diabetes Risk
… adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) on changes in bone mineral density (BMD), weight loss and blood biomarkers related to bone turnover, hormonal, and nutrient status. Subjects: Nine bariatric surgery patients. Methods: Patients had a DXA bone scan and fasting blood draw at baseline, three, and six …