Would you recommend bone scan or PET-CT for detecting metastatic bony lesions in a patient with osteosarcoma?
Do you find that one method is more sensitive than the other?
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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Connecticut Children's Medcl Center
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The historical standard imaging study for bone metastasis in osteosarcoma is a bone scan. However, accumulating data supports the use of PET/CT. In my own practice, I typically obtain a PET/CT as part of staging evaluations, and if completed, I do not obtain a bone scan.
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