… patient management or cardiac event-free survival was demonstrated between management
… Both techniques may be used for management of patients considered for revascularization …

… We investigated the ability of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
(PET) … The two-year actuarial relapse-free survival rate was 95% for those with negative PET …

… Surgery remains the only potential for long-term survival. However, less than 20% of the … ,
long-term survival figures for pancreatic cancer have remained poor, with median survival of 13 …

… A prospective evaluation of the impact of 18-F-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission
tomography staging on survival for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. Int J …

… positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) to clinical
assessment and predicting survival outcome in patients with differentiated thyroid cancers. …

… Table I The impact of the PET-result for definitive therapeutic management and for survival
… One-year overall survival and one-year progression free survival rates were summarised for …

… Positron emission tomography may assist with selection of patients in future clinical trials
and lead to further progress in the management of this common and distressing group of …

BACKGROUND: Positron emission tomography (PET) performed during cancer therapy (treatment
monitoring) has shown promise for predicting treatment outcome. However, when …

… Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was used to estimate survival … The staging FDG-PET scan
altered management intent in 3… -year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) …

… to be covered under CED were positron emission tomography(PET)/… patient management
for previously noncovered cancers. … have patient survival as their most relevant end point. …