Earlier Recurrence Detection Using Routine FDG PET-CT Scans in Surveillance of Stage IIB to IIID Melanoma: A National Cohort Study of 1480 Patients.
Neel Maria HelvindMarie Brinch-Møller WeitemeyerAnnette Hougaard ChakeraHelle Westergren HendelEva EllebækInge Marie SvaneMette Wanscher KjærskovSophie BojesenHelle SkyumSøren Kjær PetersenLars BastholtChristoffer JohansenPernille Envold BidstrupLisbet Rosenkrantz HölmichPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
Patients with stage IIB to IIID melanoma followed with routine FDG PET-CT had a 51 % increased hazard of distant recurrence detection within the first two years of surveillance. Future studies must determine whether this earlier recurrence detection translates into improved survival.