Rates of metastatic prostate cancer in newly diagnosed patients: Numbers needed to image according to risk level.
Gabriele SorceBenedikt HoehRocco Simone FlammiaFrancesco ChierigoLukas HohenhorstAndrea PanunzioNancy NimerZhe TianGiorgio GandagliaDerya TilkiCarlo TerroneMichele GallucciFelix K H ChunAlessandro AntonelliFred SaadShahrokh F ShariatFrancesco MontorsiAlberto BrigantiPierre I KarakiewiczPublished in: The Prostate (2022)
Our observations perfectly validated the NCCN recommendations for imaging in newly diagnosed high and very high-risk PCa patients. However, in unfavorable intermediate-risk PCa patients, in whom bone and soft tissue imaging is recommended, the NNI might be somewhat elevated to support routine imaging in clinical practice.