Bone Scan Is of Doubtful Value as a First Staging Test in the Primary Presentation of Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Distribution amongst groups.

Group	Bone scan result	Total	%
Group 1	Negative, no metastases demonstrated	820	68.28%
Group 2	Positive, metastases only in pelvis and/or lumbar spine	136	11.32%
Group 3	Positive, widespread metastasis including pelvis and lumbar spine	223	18.57%
Group 4	Positive, distant metastases without pelvic or lumbar spine abnormalities	22	1.83%