Table 2.

Handling of equivocal bone scan results.

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.