Hello and thank you for posting.

It is difficult for me to give a definite answer to this as we are not part of your dads treatment team. But it depends if your dad had a full body MRI as the bone scan would look at the whole skeleton.  Also the two scans do look at bones in a slightly different way, so doing both would ensure a full picture of your dads situation. This then helps them piece together all the information before coming up with his treatment plan. I've placed here a link to the tests people usually have for prostate cancer.

Take care, and if you want to talk things through with one of the nurses on our helpline the number to call is Freephone 0808 800 4040. The lines are open from 9am till 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Sarah.