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A member asked:
How do you know if back pain is cancer pain? would it have appeared on an mri or ct?
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Yes,: Medical history, clinical evaluation, tests and imaging (ct, mri, mra, etc) are diagnostic tools.
Answered 12/29/2013
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Yes MRI Helpful: If you have a history of cancer or currently going through a battle with cancer and have ongoing back pain, an MRI would be very helpful to see if it is related to this disease. Sometimes getting a triple phase bone scan can also be helpful to evaluate for metastatic disease as well.
Answered 6/10/2014
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