title: [Cancer of the oesophagus. The cost of investigations for metastases (author's transl)].
abstract: The choice of methods for detecting metastases in cancer patients should be governed by two basic considerations: the frequency of the metastases investigated, and the cost-benefit ratio of the available techniques. The concept of "cost per metastasis" is closely related to both factors. Far from being adverse to good medicine, it helps the clinician to make judicious choices, spares the patient unnecessary weariness and reduces to a minimum the duration of pre-therapeutic evaluation.
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000556:secondary*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Cancers de l'oesophage. Coût de recherche des métastases osseuses.