TY - JOUR
T1 - Bone scan as a stratification variable in advanced prostate cancer
AU - Knudson, Gregory
AU - Grinis, Gedas
AU - Lopez‐Majano, Vincent
AU - Sansi, Pratiba
AU - Targonski, Paul
AU - Rubenstein, Marvin
AU - Sharifi, Rohallah
AU - Guinan, Patrick
PY - 1991/7/15
Y1 - 1991/7/15
N2 - The serial technetium 99 (99Tc) bone scans of 76 patients with Stage D‐2 prostate cancers were reviewed. Sites of metastases in skeletal areas in decreasing order were vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, long bones, and skull. Patients with one or two involved skeletal areas had a significantly longer progression‐free interval and survival time than patients with three or more bony areas of uptake. Bone scans might be used as a stratification variable in future prospective clinical trials of Stage D‐2 prostate cancer.
AB - The serial technetium 99 (99Tc) bone scans of 76 patients with Stage D‐2 prostate cancers were reviewed. Sites of metastases in skeletal areas in decreasing order were vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, long bones, and skull. Patients with one or two involved skeletal areas had a significantly longer progression‐free interval and survival time than patients with three or more bony areas of uptake. Bone scans might be used as a stratification variable in future prospective clinical trials of Stage D‐2 prostate cancer.
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U2 - 10.1002/1097-0142(19910715)68:2<316::AID-CNCR2820680218>3.0.CO;2-0
DO - 10.1002/1097-0142(19910715)68:2<316::AID-CNCR2820680218>3.0.CO;2-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 2070330
AN - SCOPUS:0025986475
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 68
SP - 316
EP - 320
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 2
ER -