Abstract: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… Show more
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