JOHANNESBURG - New research has identified a significant gap in the use of PET-CT scans in the diagnosis and management of cancer in South Africa.
Only 20,000 such scans are performed annually in the private and public sectors.
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This is seen as a drop in the ocean, as the UK performs ten times this number and Australia, 118,000 scans a tear.
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Life Healthcare is now calling for PET-CT scans to be standard in South African clinical practice. Let’s discuss this further.
Oncology Clinical Lead at Life Healthcare, Dr Holger Wellmann, spoke to eNCA.