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Evaluation of the utility of 99m Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy versus MIBG scintigraphy and cross-sectional imaging for staging patients with neuroblastoma.

Jean-Marc GauguetTamara Pace-EmersonFrederick D GrantSuzanne ShustermanSteven G DuBoisA Lindsay FrazierStephan D Voss
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2017)
In the staging of neuroblastoma, 99m Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy does not identify unique sites of disease that affect disease stage or clinical management, and in the majority of cases bone scans can be omitted from the routine neuroblastoma staging algorithm.
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