Positron Emission Tomography. Descriptive Analysis of Experience with PET in VA.211 A Systematic Review Update of FDG-PET as a Diagnostic Test in Cancer and 211 Alzheimer's Disease. Technology Assessment Program. Report No. 10 (December 1998)

摘要

After the delivery of the original assessment report, the Under Secretary for211u001eHealth directed the Office of Patient Care Services to implement the assessment 211u001erecommendation. VHA PET centers collaborated on the design of the implementation 211u001eprocess, which included initiating a multi-center VHA PET registry, supporting 211u001eprospective research, and this updated systematic review. To produce this report 211u001ethe MDRC Technology Assessment (TA) Program surveyed VHA PET facilities, used 211u001eregistry data, and conducted systematic reviews of the published PET literature 211u001efrom September 1996 through December 1998 for selected cancers and Alzheimer's 211u001edisease. This report includes studies using positron emitting coincidence imaging 211u001ewith the radiopharmaceutical FDG to study cellular glucose metabolism.