Do all patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer need staging radionuclide bone scan? a retrospective study
PURPOSE: Define a group of patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer, whose risk of bone metastasis is low enough to omit a bone scan staging study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 2003 to 2009, the medical records of patients who were newly diagnosed with prostate cancer were retrospectively review...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
2010-12-01
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| Series: | International Brazilian Journal of Urology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382010000600006 |