Inappropriate utilization of radiographic imaging in men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer in the United States.


Abstract

In the United States, there is widespread overutilization of imaging for low-risk and intermediate-risk prostate cancer, whereas a worrisome number of men with high-risk disease did not receive appropriate imaging studies to exclude metastases before therapy.


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2012-02-20


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Cancer
Cancer (1097-0142)

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Eng.


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Cancer

Section of Urology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.


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Cancer. 2012 Mar;118(5):1260-7



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