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ArticleCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2026

Precision medicine in myeloma demands precision imaging: is whole body MRI the solution?

Christina Messiou, Martin Kaiser

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Article in Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Christina MessiouThe Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. christina.messiou@rmh.nhs.uk.
Martin KaiserThe Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma have improved substantially over the past two decades, with median overall survival more than doubling in many cohorts. Management of smouldering myeloma has also shifted, with randomised trials demonstrating that early intervention in high-risk disease delays progression and improves survival compared with observation alone. Imaging diagnostics must therefore evolve in parallel to provide minimally invasive, sensitive and quantitative insights into disease for patients who will live with myeloma for many years. Here we review the latest evidence for WB-MRI in myeloma, outline current guideline recommendations, and consider future directions.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingMultiple MyelomaPrecision MedicineWhole Body ImagingHumans

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PMID41814411
PMCPMC12977864

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