ACR Appropriateness Criteria® screening for pulmonary metastases - American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
American College of Radiology
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® screening for pulmonary metastases.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Mohammed TL, Chowdhry AA, Khan AR, Amorosa JK, Batra PV, Dyer DS, Gurney JW, Jeudy J, Kaiser L, MacMahon H, Raoof S, Vydareny KH, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® screening for pulmonary metastases. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 7 p. [41 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Mohammed TL, Chowdhry AA, Khan A, Aquino SL, Batra PV, Gurney JW, Haramati LB, MacMahon H, Rozenshtein A, Vydareny KH, Washington L, Winer-Muram HT, Woodard PK, Kaiser L, Raoof S, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. Screening for pulmonary metastases. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 7 p. [33 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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