Prostate Cancer: Avoidance of Overuse of Bone Scan for Staging Low Risk Prostate Cancer Patients

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of prostate cancer at low (or very low) risk of recurrence receiving interstitial prostate brachytherapy, OR external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, OR radical prostatectomy, OR cryotherapy who did not have a bone scan performed at any time since diagnosis of prostate cancer

All patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of prostate cancer

Equals Initial Population at low (or very low) risk of recurrence receiving interstitial prostate brachytherapy, OR external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, OR radical prostatectomy, OR cryotherapy

None

Patients who did not have a bone scan performed at any time since diagnosis of prostate cancer

Not Applicable

Documentation of reason(s) for performing a bone scan (including documented pain, salvage therapy, other medical reasons, bone scan ordered by someone other than reporting physician)

Higher score indicates better quality

A higher score indicates appropriate treatment of patients with prostate cancer at low (or very low) risk of recurrence.

Only patients with prostate cancer with low (or very low) risk of recurrence will be counted in the performance denominator of this measure.