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The development of a PET/CT program in Newfoundland and Labrador
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1 electronic text (49 p.) : ill., digital file. - Publisher: St. John's, N.L. : Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research, 2009
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| General Note: | "March 2009". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The research team, advisors & consultants -- Glossary of acronyms -- The research question -- Overview and background -- What is PET/CT imaging? -- How does PET/CT imaging work? -- Regulatory issues -- PET and PET/CT imaging in Canada -- PET/CT imaging research -- NL demographics and population trends -- Estimating the future demand for FDG PET/CT scans in NL -- Review of the literature-- What did we look for? -- What did we find? -- Clinical effectiveness of PET/CT scanning -- Will FDG PET/CT imaging replace conventional imaging? -- Cost-eff ectiveness of PET/CT scanning -- Other benefi ts of PET/CT scanning -- Contextualization -- Components of a PET/CT Program: 1. Where in the province should the PET/CT program be located?; 2. Physical space and design considerations; 3. Who will be permitted to order a PET scan?; 4. Human resource requirements for a PET/CT program; 5. Radiation safety issues; 6. Service and equipment maintenance -- The cyclotron question: 1. The advantages of early development of a cyclotron program; 2. The costs of a local cyclotron; 3. Human resource requirements for a cyclotron program -- Summary of human resource requirements -- Timelines and sequencing -- Conclusions -- Uses of PET/CT -- Issues for consideration by policy makers -- Appendix 1. Factors of relevance in contextualization -- Appendix 2. Estimated number of FDG PET/CT scans per year for NL -- Appendix 3. Literature search strategy -- Appendix 4. Review of the literature: a. Definitions of key terms; b. Economic reviews -- Appendix 5. NCCN categories of evidence and consensus -- Appendix 6. Royal College of Radiologists and Canadian Association of Radiologists categories of evidence and consensus -- Appendix 7. Baseline cost estimates for cyclotron/FDG options net present value economic analysis -- Appendix 8. Net present value analysis -- References. |
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