Toward better use of bone scans among men with early-stage prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the performance of published guidelines compared with that of current practice for radiographic staging of men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

Materials and methods

Using data from the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative clinical registry, we identified 1509 men diagnosed with prostate cancer from March 2012 through June 2013. Clinical data included age, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, Gleason score (GS), clinical trial stage, number of biopsy cores, and bone scan (BS) results. We then fit a multivariate logistic regression model to examine the association between clinical variables and the occurrence of bone metastases. Because some patients did not undergo BS, we used established methods to correct for verification bias

SUBMITTER: Merdan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4755476 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature