Health technology assessment : HTA
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Health Technol Assess · Dec 2019
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialWhole-body MRI compared with standard pathways for staging metastatic disease in lung and colorectal cancer: the Streamline diagnostic accuracy studies.
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging is advocated as an alternative to standard pathways for staging cancer. ⋯ In colorectal and non-small-cell lung cancer, the whole-body magnetic resonance imaging staging pathway has similar accuracy to standard staging pathways, is generally preferred by patients, improves staging efficiency and has lower staging costs. Future work should address the utility of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging for treatment response assessment.