title: [Methodology of bone marrow imaging in diagnosis of skeletal metastatic involvement in cancer patients].
abstract: The cost-effectiveness of visualization techniques for the entire hemopoietic bone marrow (BM) in diagnosis of tumor involvement of the skeleton was evaluated in 1,200 cancer patients. BM involvement was diagnosed in 199. Generalized involvement detectable by imaging any skeletal region was reported in 72 (31.6%) patients. Focal BM involvement was registered in 127 (68.4%): pelvis--51, femur--29, sternum--25, cervical or sternal region--25 and lumbar--15. When pelvis, sternum, femur and cervico-thoracic spine were imaged, tumors were detected in 90%, 3 regions--62.3-80.1%, 2--50.5-71.1% and 1--38.2-54.6%.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Novikov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000556:secondary*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012426:Russia