Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Reference 10 Part 2(i)

Positron emission tomography [Part 2(i)]

Positron emission tomography [Part 2(i)]

Application No.

10 Part 2(i)

Application NamePositron emission tomography [Part 2(i)]
Advisory PanelDr Richard King
(Chair and MSAC member)
Professor Brendon Kearney
(MSAC member)
Dr Michael Kitchener
(MSAC member)
Mr Alan Keith
(MSAC member)
Dr John Primrose
(Medical Adviser to the MSAC)
Associate Professor Michael Fulham
(Australian Associations of Neurologists nominee)
Associate Professor Rodney Hicks
(Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine nominee)
Associate Professor Ken Miles
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee)
Dr Michael Millward
(Royal Australian College of Physicians nominee)
Associate Professor Andrew Scott
(Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine nominee)
Professor Robert Thomas
(Royal Australasian College of Surgeons nominee)
Date Received by MSAC SecretariatSeptember 2000
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 23 May 2001 meeting.

The MSAC concludes that:

- there is insufficient evidence at this time from which to draw definitive conclusions about the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of FDG PET;

- in the indications evaluated in this review, PET is used in addition to other diagnostic modalities; and

- in terms of adverse patient reaction to administration of FDG, FDG PET is safe.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 19 June 2001
Stage 5 - Implementation

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