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Review
. 2024 Oct;205(4):1319-1325.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.19716. Epub 2024 Sep 9.

Advanced imaging for earlier diagnosis and morbidity prevention in multiple myeloma: A British Society of Haematology and UK Myeloma Society Good Practice Paper

Martin Kaiser  1   2 , Vicky Goh  3   4 , Simon Stern  5 , Nicholas Spencer  6 , Neil Rabin  7 , Karthik Ramasamy  8 , Sarah Lawless  9 , Richard Soutar  10 , John Ashcroft  11 , Guy Pratt  12 , Christina Messiou  13 , Ceri Bygrave  14 ; BSH Committee
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Advanced imaging for earlier diagnosis and morbidity prevention in multiple myeloma: A British Society of Haematology and UK Myeloma Society Good Practice Paper

Martin Kaiser et al. Br J Haematol. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

This Good Practice Paper provides recommendations for the use of advanced imaging for earlier diagnosis and morbidity prevention in multiple myeloma. It describes how advanced imaging contributes to optimal healthcare resource utilisation by in newly diagnosed and relapsed myeloma, and provides a perspective on future directions of myeloma imaging, including machine learning assisted reporting.

Keywords: FDG‐PET/CT; early diagnosis; imaging; multiple myeloma; whole body MRI.

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