Makarov DV, Loeb S, Ulmert D, Drevin L, Lambe M, Stattin P.
“Prostate Cancer Imaging Trends After a Nationwide Effort to Discourage Inappropriate Prostate Cancer Imaging.”
Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) 2013 July epub.
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23853055
Imaging is very important for staging of high-risk prostate cancer, but is not recommended for low-risk disease. This study demonstrated that a nationwide Swedish campaign successfully reduced inappropriate imaging for low risk prostate cancer (from 45% to 3%), but also was associated with a slight reduction in appropriate imaging in high-risk patients.