New MRI Scan Could Improve Treatment Of Myeloma

 A new whole-body, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan could improve care for myeloma  - cancer of the white blood (plasma) cells, one of the most common forms of blood cancer - and reduce reliance on bone marrow biopsies, which can be painful for patients and often fail to show doctors how far the disease has spread.  Whole-body, diffusion-weighted MRI scans showed the spread of cancer throughout the bone marrow of patients with myeloma more accurately than standard tests. The scans also showed whether the patients were responding to cancer treatments.  read more

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