title: HCFA approves Medicare coverage of PET scans.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cave
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000191:economics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18