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. 2012 Oct 20;27(1):46–57. doi: 10.1007/s12149-012-0660-x

Table 3.

Combined screening tests and rate (%) of PET centers performing each test

Modalities Rate (%) Modalities Rate (%)
Brain MRI 39.1 Cervical cytology 16.6
Otolaryngologic examination 0.6 Pelvic ultrasonography 19.1
Head and neck CT 27.1 Pelvic CT 32.3
Head and neck MRI 1.8 Pelvic MRI 48.1
Thyroid ultrasonography 37.4 Prostate ultrasonography 26.6
Inspection and palpation of breast 8.1 Prostate MRI 44.2
Breast ultrasonography 27.9 Prostate specific antigen (PSA) 82.2
Mammography 17.5 Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) 76.6
Sputum cytology 10.6 Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) 68.1
Chest X-ray 11.7 Cancer antigen 125 (CA125) 32.6
Chest CT 57.5 α-fetoproteins (AFP) 60.5
Gastric fluoroscopy 2.6 Pepsinogen 41.0
Gastric endoscopy 14.4 Squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC) 47.9
Helicobacter pylori infection test 11.9 Cytokeratin-19 fragment (CYFRA) 22.8
Abdominal ultrasonography 57.4 Pro-gastrin releasing peptide (Pro-GRP) 15.8
Abdominal CT 37.1 Cancer antigen 15-3 (CA15-3) 2.5
Abdominal MRI 15.8 Neuron specific enolase (NSE) 4.6
Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) 71.7 Thyroglobulin 11.3
Barium enema 0.0 PIVKA-II 7.5
Colonoscopy 1.9 Urinary test 13.8