Cost-effectiveness analysis of imaging strategy for an intensive follow-up of patients with AJCC stage IIB, IIC and III malignant melanoma.

CONCLUSIONS: Six-monthly CT-scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis is a cost-effective technique for the early detection of metastases in the first four years of follow-up in melanoma patients with AJCC stages IIC and III, and during the first three years in stage AJCC IIB patients. In addition, brain-MRI has been shown to be a cost-effective technique only during the first year of follow-up in patients with melanoma AJCC stage IIC and III. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 29876940 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research