Use of Positron Emission Tomography to Detect Recurrence and Associations With Survival in Patients With Lung and Esophageal Cancers
Conclusions:
Despite statistically significant variation in use of PET to detect tumor recurrence, there was no association with improved two-year survival. These findings suggest possible overuse of PET for recurrence detection, which current Medicare policy would not appear to substantially affect.
Source: JNCI - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Healy, M. A., Yin, H., Reddy, R. M., Wong, S. L. Tags: Article Source Type: research
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