Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

1061 - 1080

Completed Assessments 1061 - 1080


1061 - Implantable loop recorder for unexplained recurrent syncope

1062 - CEA-SCANŽ for imaging recurrence and/or metastases in patients with histologically demonstrated carcinoma of the colon or rectum

1063 - Photodynamic therapy (Visudyne) Commercial-in-Confidence application

1064 - 3D Magnetic electroanatomical radiofrequency ablation for cardiac arrhythmias - deemed ineligible


1065 - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

1066 - Drug (Sirolimus) eluting stents ("Commercial-in-Confidence") - [This application has been absorbed with Reference 21]


1067 - Genotypic resistance testing of antiretrovirals in HIV
1068 - Prostate specific antigen (PSA) near patient testing for diagnosis and management of prostate cancer

1069 - Endoscopic ultrasound for the pre-operative staging of gastric and oesophageal neoplasm - Incorporated into 1072


1070 - Innovative patent in tobacco smoking - deemed ineligible


1071 - The use of INR point-of-care testing in general practice

1072 - Endoscopic ultrasound for staging pancreatic, gastric, oesophageal and hepato-biliary neoplasms - (Includes 1069 and 1075)

1073 - METVIX (Commercial-in-confidence) - withdrawn


1074 - Freelight lambda and freelight kappa - withdrawn


1075 - Endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis and pre-operative staging of hepato-biliary neoplasms - Incorporated into 1072
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1076 - High-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (HE-TUMT)

1077 - Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence

1078 - Multifocal multichannel objective perimetry for the diagnosis of visual field defects

1079 - Peripheral arterial tonometry with ascending aortic waveform analysis using the SphygmoCor system

1080 - Coronary (Radi) pressure wire


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