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1Department of Nuclear Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler - Unit 1483, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler - Unit 1483, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abstract:
The performance of fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG)-PET/computed tomography (CT) in the initial and follow-up evaluation of patients with melanoma is well established. Groups are beginning to investigate whether the inclusion of FDG-PET/CT into a staging or surveillance algorithm results in an improvement in patient outcome and whether such an imaging program would be cost-effective.
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