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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
To determine if it is possible to exclude staging bone scans in a greater proportion of patients if more consideration is given to T stage and Gleason score, as recent guidelines from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence state that routine staging bone scans for prostate cancer are unnecessary in patients with a prostate specific antigen level (PSA) of < 10 ng/mL and Gleason scores of < 8.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1464-4096
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
685-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Broadening the criteria for avoiding staging bone scans in prostate cancer: a retrospective study of patients at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
pubmed:affiliation
Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK. drjoesullivan@ireland.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't