FAQ Topics: The Whole-Body Diffusion examination

Because it is an effective, risk-free and safe early diagnostic examination, that is, as they say, at zero biological cost, since it does not emit ionising radiation (but uses a magnetic field) and does not involve the use of intravenous contrast.…

Since the beginning of its activity, ASC has rigorously collected data of great academic importance, making information from the examinations of its asymptomatic patients available to the research community, information that is destined to enrich the worldwide oncological literature. An…

No. It should be emphasised that the DWB in no way replaces the traditional screening provided by our Health Service and which is now well-established (let us recall them once again: mammography and Pap test for female cancers, occult blood…

For the patient, almost none. Technically, the Whole-Body Diffusion is an examination using commercially available equipment, fitted out with top-of-the-range accessories and details and specifically configured for the diagnosis of tumours. The development of this technology is the result of…

Whole-Body Diffusion has demonstrated, according to data from the international medical-scientific literature, performance comparable to that of other diagnostic examinations widely used in oncology, such as computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET), which, however, expose patients to ionising…

What makes DWB so innovative is the possibility of studying the human body in its entirety: without injecting contrast fluids or administering ionising radiation in a short time (we are talking about thirty minutes) with high diagnostic performance. The examination,…

Whole-Body Diffusion is based on a simple physical phenomenon, described by Albert Einstein in 1905: the diffusion of water molecules. DWB detects the diffusion and movement of water molecules between body cells. When they are “trapped” in a hypercellular tissue…

DWB is a crucial resource, which has everything it takes to complement and complete the arsenal of common cancer screening examinations (such as mammography, Pap test and faecal occult blood detection, PSA). But it is also a safe device, because…

This label refers to an MRI technique that aims to detect the occurrence of malignant tumours as small as a few millimetres in the whole body (from the vertex to mid-thighs, including the proximal portion of the upper limbs) in…