Reason for patient referral | Prostate | Breast | Renal | Combined |
No. of patients (% of cohort) | 62 (53.0) | 54 (46.2) | 1 (0.9) | 117 (100) |
Main reason for ordering bone scanning | ||||
Initial staging | 19 (30.6) | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (17.1) |
Rising tumor markers | 25 (40.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (21.4) |
Bone pain | 1 (1.6) | 52 (96.3) | 1 (100) | 54 (46.2) |
Bone pain and rising tumor markers | 5 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (4.3) |
Other imaging findings | 2 (3.2) | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.6) |
Participating in clinical trial | 7 (11.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (6.0) |
Other reason* | 3 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.6) |
↵* Including 1 patient with metastases to testes, 1 with elevated alkaline phosphatase, and 1 with weight loss as a sign of progression.
Data in parentheses are percentages.