The Claim

In a cohort of adults undergoing noncontrast screening whole-body MRI, 86% of detected cancers occurred in individuals whose screening indication was not specific symptoms, suggesting that whole-body MRI may identify cancers in people without warning signs.

Source: Abstract 7406: Noncontrast screening whole body MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging for multi cancer detection: a retrospective case series study

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

When doctors scanned healthy adults with a full-body MRI just to check for problems, most of the cancers they found were in people who didn’t have any symptoms—meaning the scan caught cancers before people even felt sick.

See the scientific wording

In a cohort of adults undergoing noncontrast screening whole-body MRI, 86% of detected cancers occurred in individuals whose screening indication was not specific symptoms, suggesting that sWB-MRI may identify cancers in people without warning signs.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Abstract 7406: Noncontrast screening whole body MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging for multi cancer detection: a retrospective case series study

    This study checked healthy adults with a full-body MRI scan, even when they had no symptoms, and found that most of the cancers caught were in people who didn’t feel sick — meaning the scan found cancers before symptoms appeared.

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