title: [Value of bone gammagraphy and pain in the follow-up of carcinoma of the prostate].
abstract: We reviewed 382 bone scans from 161 patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma submitted to scintigraphic evaluation over the period 1980 to 1988. Each patient had a mean of 2.37 bone scans (1 to 9 scans). Seventy-three patients had positive scans (64 initially and 9 in the course of patient follow-up). Sixty-four presented bone pain (56 initially and 8 in the course of the disease). The remaining 17 patients were asymptomatic throughout follow-up; however, bone metastasis was undemonstrable. In our view, pain is a reliable indicator of the appearance or progression of bone metastasis. Routine follow-up bone scans are unnecessary in patients with positive or negative scintiscans who remain asymptomatic.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ruiz Cerdá
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Llopis Minguez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Server Pastor
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Vidal Moreno
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boronat Tormo
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jiménez Cruz
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Valor de la gammagrafía ósea y el dolor en el seguimiento del carcinoma prostático.