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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Skeletal Metastases

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Tumor Response Monitoring and Treatment Planning

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In patients with malignant disease, the presence of skeletal metastases is very important for treatment and prognosis. Particularly the number and site of metastases influence the choice of field size in radiotherapy. Radionuclide scans carried out for screening or conventional radiographs depict alterations of the bone matrix but do not reflect tumor involvement of the bone marrow, which normally occurs first. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven very sensitive in the detection of bone marrow changes [6] and may possibly depict bone metastases before they became apparant scintigraphically or roentgenologically [2–4].

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  1. Strahlenklinik mit Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow/Charlottenburg, Freie Universität Berlin, Spandauer Damm 130, 1000, Berlin 19, Germany

    K. Neumann, N. Hosten, W. Schörner, H. Steinkamp & R. Felix

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  1. Institut und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Straße 15, 8000, München 80, Germany

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  2. Institut für Strahlentherapie und Radiologische Onkologie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Straße 22, 8000, München 80, Germany

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Neumann, K., Hosten, N., Schörner, W., Steinkamp, H., Felix, R. (1992). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Skeletal Metastases. In: Breit, A., Heuck, A., Lukas, P., Kneschaurek, P., Mayr, M. (eds) Tumor Response Monitoring and Treatment Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48681-4_57

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