High false negative rate of Tc-99m MDP whole-body bone scintigraphy in detecting skeletal metastases for patients with hepatoma

High false negative rate of Tc-99m MDP whole-body bone scintigraphy in detecting skeletal metastases for patients with hepatoma

Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (Tc-99m MDP) whole-body bone scintigraphy (BS) has been widely used for detecting bone metastases. The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of BS in detecting skeletal metastases for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. In addition, t...

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Main Authors: Chih-Yu Chen, Karl Wu, Wei-Hsin Lin, Tsung-Yu Lan, Shan-Ying Wang, Jui-Sheng Sun, Pei-Wei Weng, Ruoh-Fang Yen, Rong-Sen Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
bone metastasis
bone scintigraphy
false negative
HCC
hepatocellular carcinoma
Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664612000228

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