#MRI

This song’s refrain is what we must cling to—you can only try the best you can.

Recently, we met (virtually) with my neuro-oncologist to hear the results of my recent MRI scan.

‘Abbreviated’ MRI beats 3D mammography in new screening study, but cost and utilization remain big questions.

One positive note about the report is the omission of any discussion of metastasis to the spine.

Adding a second screening method finds more early cancer between mammograms but also leads to more false positives.

This could provide a safer, simpler alternative to the invasive surgical biopsies used to diagnosis liver disease.

In our brain-tumor community, each of us spend countless hours wondering what we will do when we receive news of a “bad scan.”

Many low-risk patients receive high-cost procedures that are not recommended.

Every eight weeks I crawl into the dimly lit coffin and lie still to await my fate.