FDG PET/CT in cancer: comparison of actual use with literature-based recommendations

Henrik Petersen,Paw Christian Holdgaard,Poul Henning Madsen,Lene Meldgaard Knudsen,Dorte Gad,Anders Eggert Gravergaard,Max Rohde,Christian Godballe,Bodil Elisabeth Engelmann,Karsten Bech,Dorte Teilmann-Jørgensen,Ole Mogensen,Jens Karstoft,Jørgen Johansen,Janne Buck Christensen,Allan Johansen,Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen

FDG PET/CT in cancer: comparison of actual use with literature-based recommendations

2016

Henrik Petersen
Paw Christian Holdgaard
Poul Henning Madsen
Lene Meldgaard Knudsen
Dorte Gad
Anders Eggert Gravergaard
Max Rohde
Christian Godballe
Bodil Elisabeth Engelmann
Karsten Bech
Dorte Teilmann-Jørgensen
Ole Mogensen
Jens Karstoft
Jørgen Johansen
Janne Buck Christensen
Allan Johansen
Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen

Purpose The Region of Southern Denmark (RSD), covering 1.2 of Denmark’s 5.6 million inhabitants, established a task force to (1) retrieve literature evidence for the clinical use of positron emission tomography (PET)/CT and provide consequent recommendations and further to (2) compare the actual use of PET/CT in the RSD with these recommendations. This article summarizes the results.

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Pathology
Radiology
Medicine
PET-CT
Positron emission tomography
Cancer
Colorectal cancer
Head and neck cancer
Lung cancer
fdg pet ct
task force
pet imaging
gynaecological cancer
literature based
actual use

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