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Analysis of regional bone scan index measurements for the survival of patients with prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: A bone scan is a common method for monitoring bone metastases in patients with advanced prostate cancer. The Bone Scan Index (BSI) measures the tumor burden on the skeleton, expressed as a percentage of the total skeletal mass. Previous studies have shown that BSI is associated with surv...

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Autores principales: Kalderstam, Jonas, Sadik, May, Edenbrandt, Lars, Ohlsson, Mattias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25012268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-14-24