Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 291-295 , December 2008

Predicting Bone Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients: Value of Prostate Specific Antigen

  • Ling-Huei Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jainn-Shiun Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shiou-Ying Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuh-Feng Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, 2, Min-Sheng Road, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

Received 5 March 2008 ,Revised 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 18 April 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60053-1

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60053-1

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 291-295 , December 2008

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