- Recommendation ID
- NG35/2
- Question
Imaging investigations for newly diagnosed myeloma:- What is the comparative effectiveness of whole-body MRI, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography CT (FDG PET-CT) and whole-body low-dose CT in detecting lesions that may determine the start of treatment for people with newly diagnosed myeloma?
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) Why this is important:- Newer imaging techniques are replacing skeletal surveys for assessing myeloma-related bone disease in people with newly diagnosed myeloma. However, the most effective technique is not known. Outcomes of interest are lesion detection, sensitivity and specificity for myeloma-related bone disease, patient acceptability, incremental upstaging, radiation exposure, risk of second primary cancer, the impact of additional information on predicting progression-free survival,
overall survival and skeletal-related events.
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Myeloma: diagnosis and management
- Number
- NG35
- Date issued
- February 2016
Other details
| Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
| Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | No |
| Last Reviewed | 29/02/2016 |