Are Lung Cancer Survivors Getting Too Many Costly Scans for No Reason? Study Suggests So (University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center)

A new study suggests that one approach to watching for a cancer's return is being inappropriately used at many hospitals. And it isn't helping patients survive longer, the research shows. The findings are published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study looked at how often survivors of lung and esophageal cancer went through a kind of imaging called PET scanning as the primary way of monitoring their condition, instead of as a backstop to other kinds of scans. Universit...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news