Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 40 to 80 years
- Language spoken: Finnish or Swedish
- Performance status: Karnofsky score 70 or better or WHO performance status 2 or
better
- Diagnosis: Histologically confirmed prostate or breast cancer
- Mental status: Patients must be able to understand the meaning of the study
- Informed consent: The patient must sign the appropriate Ethics Committee (EC)
approved informed consent documents in the presence of the designated staff
- strong suspicion of first bone metastatic disease (already diagnosed metastases in
other organs, elevated tumor markers, destruction of bone in plain x-ray or otherwise
specified reasons
- adjuvant chemo- or endocrine therapy is allowed
Exclusion Criteria:
- Ongoing treatment for metastatic disease
- Contraindications for MRI (cardiac pacemaker, intracranial clips etc.)
- Infections: Patient must not have an uncontrolled serious infection
- Claustrophobia