National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging prostate cancer.

Guideline Title
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging prostate cancer.

Bibliographic Source(s)
Israel GM, Francis IR, Roach M III, Abdel-Wahab M, Casalino DD, Ciezki JP, Fulgham P, Leyendecker JR, Merrick G, Mohler JL, Sheth S, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging and Radiation Oncology-Prostate. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging prostate cancer. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2009. 12 p. [95 references]

Guideline Status
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Israel GM, Francis IR, Roach M III, Anscher MS, Bluth EI, Kawashima A, Lee WR, Merrick G, Sandler CM, Fulgham P, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging and Radiation Oncology–Prostate. Pretreatment staging prostate cancer. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2007. 12 p. [104 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.


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National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pretreatment staging prostate cancer.