Bone scan as a stratification variable in advanced prostate cancer

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Inability of bone turnover marker as a strong prognostic indicator in prostate cancer patients with bone metastasis: Comparison with the extent of disease (EOD) grade

✍ Akimoto, Susumu; Furuya, Yuzo; Akakura, Koichiro; Shimazaki, Jun; Ito, Haruo 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 186 KB 👁 2 views

## Background: Although clinical investigations of bone turnover markers in prostate cancer patients have been conducted, the relationships of pretreatment levels of the markers to the prognosis of patients with bone metastasis has not been fully examined. ## Methods: The serum levels of carboxy-