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Figure 6. Followup frequencies of 13 unique cohorts of observational management strategies with
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palliative intent
Year 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
WW cohort Month 3 6 9 2 5 8 1 4 7 0 3 6 9 2 5 8 1 4 7 0
Pre-PSA
screening era
PAP; PSA √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
HUCM 138 (after 1985) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bone scan √ √ √ √ √
Orebro Medical
Center 147 PAP √ √ √ √ √
DRE √ √ √ √ √
Bone scan √ √ √ √ √
Northern PAP √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Stockholm 140 DRE √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Rebiopsy √ √ √ √ √
Bone scan √ √ √
Freeman
Hospital 141 PAP monitoring frequency was not reported
DRE
Bone scan √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Western General
Hospital 142 PAP √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE
Bone scan; X-
ray √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Taichung Veterans PSA (after
Hospital 143 1990) √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Bone scan
PSA screening
era
SPCG-4 137 PAP; PSA √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE
Rebiopsy not routine
Bone scan; X-
ray √ √ √ √ √
Erasmus √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
University * * * * * * * * * *
Hospital 145 PSA * * * * * * * * * *
DRE
Bone scan; X-
ray “repeat regularly”
Royal Marsden
Hospital 112 PSA √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Bone scan
PIVOT 146 PSA √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE
Bone scan √
Watchful Waiting
Study 147 PSA √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
DRE
Bone scan

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