Application 1072
Endoscopic ultrasound for staging pancreatic, gastric, oesophageal and hepato-biliary neoplasms
Endoscopic ultrasound for staging pancreatic, gastric, oesophageal and hepato-biliary neoplasms
| Application No. | 1072 |
| Application Name | Endoscopic ultrasound for staging pancreatic, gastric, oesophageal and hepato-biliary neoplasms |
| Advisory Panels | Dr Stephen Blamey (Chair and MSAC Chair) Dr Robert Chen (Co-opted member) Dr Gerry FitzGerald (MSAC member) Dr Kwun Fong (MSAC member) Ms Barbara Joss (Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee) Associate Professor Richard King (MSAC member) Dr Trevor Leong (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee) Dr Ian Norton (Gastroenterological Society of Australia nominee) Associate Professor B Mark Smithers (Co-opted member) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 13 December 2003 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | This assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 15 November 2006 meeting. MSAC recommends public funding for: Endoscopic Ultrasound for the staging of oesophageal, gastric and pancreatic cancer; and Endoscopic Ultrasound +/- fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of pancreatic, biliary and gastric submucosal tumours |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing on 5 February 2007 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
