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Overview of the clinical effectiveness of positron emission tomography imaging in selected cancers (Facey) 288 pages, Volume 11, number 44 |
DOI
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10.3310/hta11440 |
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Headline: |
Assessment found that positron emission tomography (PET) is effective in staging/restaging non-small cell lung cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, colorectal cancer and detecting solitary pulmonary nodules; and that PET/computed tomography is more accurate than PET alone. |
Project ref: |
05/01/01 |
Original project title: |
Overview of the clinical effectiveness of positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging in selected cancers |
Chief Investigator: |
Dr Karen Facey, Evidence Based Health Policy Consultant,
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Start Date: |
August 2005 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
November 2007
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Cost: |
£31,875 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
NEOPLASMS Q-radiography (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMANS; BREAST-NEOPLASMS Q-radiography; COLORECTAL-NEOPLASMS Q-radiography; HEAD-AND-NECK-NEOPLASMS Q-radiography; LUNG-NEOPLASMS Q-radiography; LYMPHOMA Q-radiography; MELANOMA Q-radiography; ESOPHAGEAL-NEOPLASMS Q-radiography; THYROID-NEOPLASMS Q-radiography; FEMALE; REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHY-EMISSION-COMPUTED Q-methods (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484166961 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
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Project protocol not available
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99 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
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http://www.hta.ac.uk/1487 |
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