Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging
Intervention2 papers3 findings
A review describes clinical findings, actionable non-malignant findings and cancer associated with whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in humans without an evidence-based indication.
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Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.
Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.
No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.
Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper that declares the maker’s interest.
Funders: Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute and 1 more3 of 3 findings with company ties
Associations
3Cancer
upin humans1
1 study
Cancer
upin humans1
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging is associated with cancer in humans (1.4% (95% CI 0.9-2.2%)).
Reviewwithout an evidence-based indicationn = 18,043
The Diagnostic Yield of Whole-Body MRI as a Multi-disease Screening Modality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis · Journal of general internal medicine · 1 Oct 2026
Actionable non-malignant findings
upin humans1
1 study
Actionable non-malignant findings
upin humans1
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging is associated with actionable non-malignant findings in humans (14.8% (95% CI 6.6-30.0%)).
Reviewwithout an evidence-based indicationn = 18,043
The Diagnostic Yield of Whole-Body MRI as a Multi-disease Screening Modality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis · Journal of general internal medicine · 1 Oct 2026
Clinical findings
upin humans1
1 study
Clinical findings
upin humans1
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging is associated with clinical findings in humans (78.0% (95% CI 44.9; 93.9)).
Reviewwithout an evidence-based indicationn = 18,043
The Diagnostic Yield of Whole-Body MRI as a Multi-disease Screening Modality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis · Journal of general internal medicine · 1 Oct 2026