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Rates of Positive Abdominal Computed Tomography and Bone Scan Findings Among Men with Cambridge Prognostic Group 4 or 5 prostate cancer: A Nationwide Registry Study

Authors :
Caroline, Stenman
Emelie, Abrahamsson
Mikael, Redsäter
Vincent J, Gnanapragasam
Ola, Bratt
Gnanapragasam, Vincent [0000-0003-4722-4207]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2022.

Abstract

UNLABELLED: European and American guidelines recommend abdominal computed tomography (CT) and bone scans for staging of high-risk prostate cancer (PC). To improve clinical risk stratification of nonmetastatic PC a new, five-tier risk classification system has been developed, the Cambridge Prognostic Groups (CPG), in which "high-risk" PC is divided into favourable CPG 4 and unfavourable CPG 5. We used the National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden (NPCR) to define the rates of positive CT and bone scan findings among men with CPG 4 or 5 cancer. Among men with CPG 4 and prostate-specific antigen (PSA)

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OpenAIRE
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