Management of Advanced and Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Need for a Sub-Saharan Guideline

Table 2

The presenting symptoms and site of metastasis being either bony or visceral.

Study	Commonest presenting symptoms	Commonest metastatic sites
		Bony	Visceral
Diallo et al. [8]	Obstructive LUTS (59.4%)	Spine (551%)	Lungs (14%)
Folasire et al. [20]	Pain (70%)	Spine (94%)	Liver (18%)
Badmus et al. [19]	Obstructive LUTS (82.5%)	Spine (46.1%)	Rectum (54.0%)
Kirakoya et al. [10]	Obstructive LUTS (69.5%)	Spine (47.6%)	Lungs/liver (10.5%)
Yeboah et al. [21]	Obstructive LUTS (16%)	Pelvic bone (8.2%)	Lungs (0.6%)
Ndoye et al. [11]	Pain (31.3%)	Spine (22.5%)	Lungs (13.7%)
Tengue et al. [12]	Obstructive LUTS (89.2%)	Spine/pelvic bone (79%)	Liver (6.8%)
Ekwere and Egbe [13]	Obstructive LUTS (56%)	Spine/ribs
Ikuerowo et al. [18]		Spine/pelvic bone
Konan et al. [22]	Obstructive LUTS (47.8%)	Spine (44.5%)	Lungs (13%)

LUTS: lower urinary tract symptoms.