Population-based validation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommendations for baseline imaging for bladder cancer: a case for routine baseline bone scan?
CONCLUSION: Imaging per current NCCN guidelines results in few patients with undetected asymptomatic lung or liver metastases. A routine baseline bone scan should be additionally considered for some asymptomatic patients with muscle-invasive disease.
PMID: 30624081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Comp Eff Res Source Type: research
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