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Can head mri show mouth , jaw cancer?
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MRI: Yes - you would want to have a MRI of the head and neck.
Answered 2/1/2016
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Yes: It can, and may be used in conjunction with ct scanning to stage a potentially metastatic malignancy.
Answered 4/27/2013
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