Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Lema L V, Garcia-Caeiro A. Eficacia diagnostica y utilidad clinica de la tomografia por emision de positrones (PET) en la recurrencia de cancer de mama y ovario. [Diagnostic accuracy and clinical usefulness of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in breast and ovarian cancer recurrence] Santiago de Compostela: Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AVALIA-T). INF2004/01. 2004 Authors' objectives <p>The aim of this report was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET in the detection of breast and ovarian recurrence in comparison to other imaging techniques and to determine the clinical value of this method in the management of patients.</p>
Authors' conclusions We consider that due to the limitations in the design of the studies, this technique still needs to be validated for its use in breast and ovarian cancer recurrences. We recommend the elaboration of a standardized protocol and adequately designed studies to assess the efficacy and evaluate the real impact of its incorporation on the health outcomes and mortality of patients.
INAHTA brief and checklist Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Breast Neoplasms /diagnosis; Ovarian Neoplasms /diagnosis; Positron-Emission Tomography; Tomography, Emission-Computed Language Published Spanish Country of organisation Spain English summary An English language summary is available. English Summary English summary available Address for correspondence Subdireccion Xeral de Aseguramento e Planificacion Sanitaria, Conselleria de Sanidade, Xunta de Galicia, San Lazaro s/n 15781 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Tel: 34 981 541831; Fax: 34 981 542854; Email: avalia-t@sergas.es AccessionNumber 32005000344 Date bibliographic record published 18/07/2005 Date abstract record published 18/07/2005 |