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The solitary pulmonary nodule is by far the most common abnormality detected by whole-body screening MRI. Published data suggest that up to 69 % of asymptomatic smokers without a history of cancer have noncalcified pulmonary nodules on screening CT scans (Swensen et al. 2003).

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  1. Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße, Greifswald, 17487, Germany

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Rosenberg, C. (2014). The Chest. In: Puls, R., Hosten, N. (eds) Whole-body MRI Screening. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55201-4_6

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