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SUBMITTER: Turner RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710731 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Turner Robert M RM Yabes Jonathan G JG Davies Benjamin J BJ Heron Dwight E DE Jacobs Bruce L BL
Urology 20170224
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine factors associated with bone scan use in patients undergoing radical cystectomy and to assess trends in use over time.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data, we identified 5573 patients who underwent radical cystectomy from 2004 to 2011. The primary outcome was completion of a bone scan within 6 months prior to surgery. Demographic, regional, and clinicopathologic predictors of bone scan use were examined using a ...[more]