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DXA May Not Detect Bone Deterioration in Patients With MACS

Patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion show bone microstructural deterioration despite normal areal BMD on routine DXA scans.
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Pricier, Questionable Bone Density Scan Growing in Use

For a sidebar on how this story came together, click here. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has long been the gold standard for osteoporosis screening. But now, thousands of patients may be ...
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Scanning and monitoring of osteoporosis in early breast cancer survivors: The use of Arm-DXA as a tool to decrease the gap between the guidelines and real practice.

Impact of routine subspecialty pathology review on the care of women age ≤ 65 years with lymph node negative breast cancer: A practice review. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO ...
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Dual Energy X Ray Absorptiometry - DXA

This module is about the measurement of bone density and body composition using the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) technique. DXA differs from many body composition techniques commonly used in ...