Response evaluation of bone metastasis in prostate cancer: Preliminary comparison of computerized bone scan index versus standardized clinical criteria.

Objective: The correlation between the computer-assisted bone scan index (BSI) responses versus clinical response classification if bone metastases in prostate cancer patients are not clear. We compared changes in BSI with Prostate Cancer Working Group-3 (PCWG3) and MD Anderson (MDA) criteria.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-six consecutive patients with at least two bone scans (BS) within 12 months were included, who had BS before and after treatment with the same anticancer agent.

Observer agreement of treatment responses on planar bone scintigraphy in prostate cancer patients: importance of the lesion assessment method.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess observer agreement on the evaluation of treatment responses of bone metastases by bone scintigraphy (BS) using different scoring methods in prostate cancer patients.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-three paired BS from 55 patients were included. BS was performed before and after more than 12 weeks of anticancer treatment.

[Lactic acidosis in a 24-year-old woman with status asthmaticus].

A 24-year-old woman with asthma presented with symptoms of upper airway infection and tachypnoea and wheezes. She had a history of admissions to intensive care units (ICU) due to respiratory insufficiency. The initial lactate concentration was 2.