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The New Oncology: Cost-effectiveness and Matchless Impact of PET-CT in Cancer Management

16th Nov 2005, 23:45 GMT

Cancer patients who do not undergo a PET scan to stage their disease may be done a grave disservice; the ability of PET and PET-CT fusion studies to link anatomic with functional detail has made these studies a mandatory element of the oncologist's work-up and raised the standard of care for these patients. (CME)

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