Table 2.
Variable | Data |
---|---|
Reporting of equivocal BS results, n | 45 |
Described handling of equivocal results, n (%) | |
Yes | 44 (97.8%) |
No | 1 (2.2%) |
Supplementary imaging only, n | 36 |
Type of supplementary imaging and/or management | |
X-ray | 9 |
CT or MRI | 21 |
X-ray and/or CT/MRI | 4 |
Other | 2 |
Supplementary imaging and follow up bone scans, n | 2 |
Follow up bone scans only, n | 1 |
Equivocal bone scans considered negative for skeletal metastases, n | 3 |
Sensitivity analysis, n | 1 |
Third party arbitrator of equivocal bone scans, n | 1 |
Abbreviations: BS, bone scintigraphy; CT, computed tomography, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.