The informative content of radiography and scintigraphy in the diagnosis of bone metastases after breast cancer

C. Sulman, J. C. Sailly, M. C. Demaille, Louis Eeckhoudt, P. Carpentier, P. Vennin and Th. Lebrun

Social Science & Medicine, 1985, vol. 21, issue 10, 1181-1185

Abstract: In this paper we apply decision theory to evaluate the efficiency of diagnostic procedures. In the case we discuss, we compute the value of scintigraphy and radiography used separately or in combination in the diagnosis and treatment of bony metastases after breast cancer.

Date: 1985
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