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Overview of the clinical effectiveness of positron emission tomography imaging in selected cancers (Facey) 288 pages, Volume 11, number 44 |
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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. |
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05/01/01 |
Original project title: |
Overview of the clinical effectiveness of positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging in selected cancers |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Karen Facey, Evidence Based Health Policy Consultant,
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Start Date: |
August 2005. |
Publication date: |
November 2007
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£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) |
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N0484166961 (*National Research Register) |
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Project protocol not available
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