An economic evaluation of positron emission tomography (PET) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the diagnosis of breast cancer recurrence
Auguste P, Barton P, Hyde C, Roberts T
Record ID 32010000668
English
Authors' recommendations:
Study found that the use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer in every woman suspected of having a recurrence is unlikely to be cost-effective given current UK willingness-to-pay thresholds.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/083401
Year Published:
2011
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Decision Trees
- Models, Econometric
- Quality-Adjusted Life Years
- Breast Neoplasms
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
<p>2011 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO</p>
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