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Optimal frequency of scans for patients on cancer therapies: A population kinetics assessment

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Optimal frequency of follow‐up scans for patients receiving systemic therapies is poorly defined. Progression‐free survival (PFS) generally follows first‐order kinetics. We used exponential decay nonlinear regression analysis to calculate half‐lives… Click to show full abstract

Optimal frequency of follow‐up scans for patients receiving systemic therapies is poorly defined. Progression‐free survival (PFS) generally follows first‐order kinetics. We used exponential decay nonlinear regression analysis to calculate half‐lives for 887 published PFS curves.

Keywords: patients cancer; optimal frequency; scans patients; frequency scans

Journal Title: Cancer Medicine
Year Published: 2019

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