...Yiwei Wang; Fangning Wan; Lei Xu; Naiqing Zhao; Zhibing Xu; Hang Wang; Guomin Wang; Dingwei Ye; Jianming Guo Objectives: The aim of this study is to modify and validate a novel screening tool to determine the necessity of bone scans in Chinese PCa patients at the time of diagnosis. Methods: Five...

... with high-risk PCa. The aim of this study is to establish a screening model to determine if bone scan should be performed for BM in Chinese patients at the time when PCa is diagnosed. Materials and Methods: The study included 488 patients who were diagnosed with PCa between 2009 and 2011 at a single center...

...J.C. Grob; J. Thiel; G. Méthlin; P. Wolf; C. Bollack Bone scan is an essential method of investigation for the detection of metastases; it is also used to follow the evolution of the disease and the response to treatment in prostatic cancer. The authors tried a bone scan quantification method...

...G. Harel; U. Gafter; D. Zevin; A. Chagnac; D. Kimche Two cases of hypercalcemia associated with transitional cell carcinoma and negative bone scan are described. In both cases hypercalcemia appeared while there was evidence of tumor spread. Although hypercalcemia was controlled, both patients died...

...R. Ayyathurai; R. Mahapatra; R. Rajasundaram; V. Srinivasan; N.P. Archard; H. Toussi Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the role of bone scan as a staging investigation in newly diagnosed untreated prostate cancers. Materials and Methods: Bone scan results in patients with newly diagnosed...