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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2013 Apr;51(4):361–367. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318287d860

Table 2.

NOPR post-PET intended management plan

NOPR Intended Management Cancer Type
All Bladder Kidney Ovary Pancreas Prostate SCL* Stomach
Patients 8,460 1,127 1,070 2,075 862 1,974 720 632
Treatment. N, (%) 3,835 (45.3) 504 (44.7) 395 (36.9) 1,095 (52.8) 420 (48.7) 842 (42.6) 352 (48.9) 227 (35.9)
 Systemic therapy only 2347 (27.7) 261 (23.1) 222 (20.7) 811 (39.1) 265 (30.7) 428 (21.7) 226 (31.4) 134 (21.2)
 Radiation only 564 (6.7) 71 (6.3) 48 (4.5) 84 (4.0) 48 (5.6) 273 (13.8) 65 (9.0) 13 (2.1)
 Surgery only 294 (3.5) 50 (4.4) 51 (4.8) 52 (2.5) 33 (3.8) 33 (1.7) 6 (0.8) 34 (5.4)
 Combination therapies 631 (7.5) 123 (10.9) 74 (6.9) 151 (7.3) 74 (8.6) 108 (5.5) 55 (7.6) 46 (7.3)
 Plans including therapy
  With systemic therapy 2,944 (34.8) 380 (33.7) 291 (27.2) 955 (46.0) 338 (39.2) 527 (26.7) 278 (38.6) 175 (27.7)
  With radiation 1,046 (12.4) 173 (15.4) 112 (10.5) 113 (5.4) 114 (13.2) 374 (18.9) 116 (16.1) 44 (7.0)
  With surgery 540 (6.4) 91 (8.1) 76 (7.1) 186 (9.0) 53 (6.1) 61 (3.1) 15 (2.1) 58 (9.2)
Biopsy 939 (11.1) 150 (13.3) 146 (13.6) 176 (8.5) 74 (8.6) 248 (12.6) 60 (8.3) 85 (13.4)
Watching 3,686 (43.5) 473 (42.0) 529 (49.4) 804 (38.7) 368 (42.7) 884 (44.7) 308 (42.8) 320 (50.6)
*

SCL: Small cell lung

Combination therapies: systemic therapy ± radiotherapy ± surge