The Claim

A structured, interdisciplinary advisory board can feasibly manage the disclosure of incidental findings in research whole-body MRI, with 79.1% of potentially relevant findings confirmed and disclosed to participants.

Source: Potentially relevant incidental findings on research whole-body MRI in the general adult population: frequencies and management

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
36score
Challenges
0score

These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.

Description
1 study reviewed
In plain English

A team of experts from different fields can help decide which unexpected health findings from a full-body MRI scan should be told to the person being scanned—and they got it right about 8 out of 10 times.

See the scientific wording

A structured, interdisciplinary advisory board can feasibly manage the disclosure of incidental findings in research whole-body MRI, with 79.1% of potentially relevant findings confirmed and disclosed to participants.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Potentially relevant incidental findings on research whole-body MRI in the general adult population: frequencies and management

    The study used a team of different experts to decide which strange findings on body scans should be told to people, and they found that 79.1% of the important ones were correctly identified and shared — just like the claim says.

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