Background: The decision as to when a bone scan is necessary in the staging of prostate cancer is controversial with different studies giving varying recommendations on the same subject. Objective: To determine the utility of total Prostate Specific Antigen in the prediction of bone metastases in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. Methods: This was a crosssectional descriptive study carried out on newly diagnosed treatment naïve, prostate cancer patients over a period of five months. Patients who had an elevated prostate specific antigen of more than 10ng/ml, at least six core biopsies and bone scan examinations within one month of the PSA estimation were recruited. The bone scan results were then correlated with tPSA levels and Gleason scores from the histopathology report.
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