Imaging costs rising faster than total cancer care for Medicare

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 07:43 in Health & Medicine

The cost of imaging studies in cancer patients covered by Medicare is growing at twice the rate of the overall costs of cancer care in that group, according to scientists in the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). A dramatic increase in PET scans is leading the way...

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