Project Lead: Claudia Wild
Authors: Ozren Sehic, Daniela Auinger
Publication: April 2023
Language: Deutsh (with Englisch summary)
This report is based on that of the LBI-HTA of 2015 and the updates of 2018 and 2020. Various guideline databases and policies were searched to identify the recommended oncological indications for the use of PET/PET-CT applications. In addition to guideline databases, recommendations and non-recommendations from professional societies were considered.
The guideline search identified a total of 122 recommendations regarding the use of PET. The majority of the recommendations (n=112) resulted from the guideline search and database search of national professional societies. The search in supranational professional societies resulted in 10 recommendations. A further 36 recommendations were directed against the use of PET ("inappropriate" cancer indications).
The overall recommendations of the present 2023 update (as in the previous year's 2015 & 2018 reports, as well as the 2020 update) indicate little benefit from PET as a primary or standard diagnostic (not least because of radiation exposure). The summarised evidence from guidelines can be used as a guideline for investment decisions.