Cost-effectiveness analysis of imaging strategy for an intensive follow-up of patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer stage IIB, IIC and III malignant melanoma.
Sebastian PodlipnikDavid Moreno-RamírezCristina CarreraA BarreiroE ManubensLara FerrándizM SánchezSergi Vidal-SicartJosep Malvehy GuileraSusana Puig SardàPublished in: The British journal of dermatology (2018)
Six-monthly CT scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis is a cost-effective technique for the early detection of metastases in the first 4 years of follow-up in patients with AJCC stage IIC and III melanoma, and in the first 3 years in patients with AJCC stage IIB melanoma. In addition, brain MRI has been shown to be cost-effective only in the first year of follow-up in patients with AJCC stage IIC and III melanoma.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- skin cancer
- high resolution
- multiple sclerosis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- dual energy
- mass spectrometry
- young adults
- positron emission tomography
- resting state
- magnetic resonance
- photodynamic therapy
- squamous cell
- functional connectivity
- blood brain barrier
- subarachnoid hemorrhage