SynthesisJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2019
Whole-body MRI for preventive health screening: A systematic review of the literature.
Synthesis in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06931561 (Occupational Cancer Screening in Firefighters), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Occupational Cancer Screening in Firefighters: A Pilot Study Within the Inova Health System
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) screening for reducing morbidity and mortality from multiple diseases in asymptomatic adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- The Diagnostic Yield of Whole-Body MRI as a Multi-disease Screening Modality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Whole-body MRI, healthcare ethics and access equity: Where are we? Where are we going?Radiology advances · 2026Article
- Role of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Detecting Metastasis in Patients With Known Cancer.Cureus · 2026Article
- How to implement a radiologist led whole-body MRI screening program.Radiology advances · 2026Review
- Multimodality imaging approach in cardiac asymptomatic subjects with systemic sclerosis followed at a tertiary center.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Focused View CT Urography: Towards a Randomized Trial Investigating the Relevance of Incidental Findings in Patients with Hematuria.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Interventions to improve timely cancer diagnosis: an integrative review.Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Review
- Utility of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surveillance in Children and Adults With Cancer Predisposition Syndromes: A Retrospective Study.JCO precision oncology · 2025Article
- Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The rise of commodity care.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Technical Advancements in Abdominal Diffusion-weighted Imaging.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2023Review
- Long-Term Psychosocial Consequences of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Reporting of Incidental Findings in a Population-Based Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- On-call abdominal ultrasonography: the rate of negative examinations and incidentalomas in a European tertiary care center.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2022Article
- Observational
- Extra-articular findings with FDG-PET/CT in rheumatoid arthritis patients: more harm than benefit.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2022Article
- Preliminary observations regarding the expectations, acceptability and satisfaction of whole-body MRI in self-referring asymptomatic subjects.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
- An overview of the Genesis of Preventive Oncology Unit at a Tertiary Cancer Care Hospital in a Developing Country - A concept paper.International journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Incidental findings associated with magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe yield of whole-body MRI for preventive health screening is currently not completely clear. PURPOSE: To systematically review the prevalence of whole-body MRI findings in asymptomatic subjects. STUDY TYPE: Systematic review and meta-analysis. SUBJECTS: MEDLINE and Embase were searched for original studies reporting whole-body MRI findings in asymptomatic adults without known disease, syndrome, or genetic mutation. Twelve studies, comprising 5373 asymptomatic subjects, were included. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 1.5T or 3.0T, whole-body MRI. ASSESSMENT: The whole-body MRI literature findings were extracted and reviewed by two radiologists in consensus for designation as either critical or indeterminate incidental finding. STATISTICAL TESTS: Data were pooled using a random effects model on the assumption that most subjects had ≤1 critical or indeterminate incidental finding. Heterogeneity was assessed by the I
resultsPooled prevalences of critical and indeterminate incidental findings together and separately were 32.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 18.3%, 50.1%), 13.4% (95% CI: 9.0%, 19.5%), and 13.9% (95% CI: 5.4%, 31.3%), respectively. There was substantial between-study heterogeneity (I DATA
conclusionPrevalence of critical and indeterminate incidental whole-body MRI findings in asymptomatic subjects is overall substantial and with variability dependent to some degree on the protocol. Verification data are lacking. The proportion of false-positive findings appears to be substantial. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4 Technical Efficacy: Stage 3 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;50:1489-1503.
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