Cost‐effectiveness analysis of imaging strategy for an intensive follow‐up of patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer stage <scp>IIB</scp> , <scp>IIC</scp> and <scp>III</scp> malignant melanoma

Abstract

Six-monthly CT scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis is a cost-effective technique for the early detection of metastases in the first 4 years of follow-up in patients with AJCC stage IIC and III melanoma, and in the first 3 years in patients with AJCC stage IIB melanoma. In addition, brain MRI has been shown to be cost-effective only in the first year of follow-up in patients with AJCC stage IIC and III melanoma.