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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(3):177; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.3.177
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 3, 177, February 7, 2001
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HCFA Approves Medicare Coverage of PET Scans

Lynn Cave

The Health Care Financing Administration in December approved the use of positron emission tomography scans for Medicare beneficiaries for any clinically appropriate use for six cancer types.

Previously, Medicare restricted the oncologic use of PET to characterize solitary pulmonary nodules, stage non-small cell lung cancer, detect and localize recurrent colorectal cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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