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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Oncol. 2014 May 16;32(5):637–644. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2013.12.012

Table 3.

Preference of tests for initial staging and follow-up staging

Initial staging no.
of respondents
(n = 68, (%)		 Follow-up staging
no. of respondents
(n = 63, (%)
CT abdomen and pelvis 61 (90%) 51 (81%)
CT chest 49 (72%) 25 (40%)
Cystoscopy Not asked 19 (30%)
Bone scan 26 (38%) 4 (5%)
PET/CT scan 14 (21%) 8 (12.7%)
Chest x-ray 11 (16%) 4 (6%)
MRI abdomen and pelvis 10 (14%) 2 (3%)
Urine cytology 1 (1%) 2 (3%)
Ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PET = positron emission tomography.