Adopting Medical Technology

CMS. Coverage with evidence development. Available from: URL: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coverage/Coverage-with-Evidence-Development/

FDA. 510(k) summary of safety and effectiveness. Available from: URL: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf/K011690.pdf

NSABP Protocol B-39 RTOG Protocol 0413. A randomized phase III study of conventional whole breast irradiation (WBI) versus partial breast irradiation (PBI) for women with stage 0, I, or II breast cancer. Available from: URL: http://rpc.mdanderson.org/rpc/credentialing/files/B39_Protocol1.pdf

What is MammoSite 5-day targeted treatment? Available from: URL: http://www.mammosite.com/breast-lumpectomy/whatis-mammosite.cfm

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Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. MEDCAC meeting 5/24/2005—treatments for vertebral body compression fractures. Available from: URL: http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/medcac-meeting-details.aspx?MEDCACId=29&year=All&bc=AAAIAAAAAAAAAA%3d%3d&

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. MEDCAC meeting 7/18/2007—percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stenting of the renal arteries. Available from: URL: http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/medcac-meeting-details.aspx?MEDCACId=39&year=All&bc=AAAIAAAAAAAAAA%3d%3d&

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Carroll JD Edwards FH Marinac-Dabic D . The STS-ACC transcatheter valve therapy national registry: a new partnership and infrastructure for the introduction and surveillance of medical devices and therapies. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62(11):1026–34.

Walsh WF Chescheir NC Gillam-Krakauer M . Maternal-fetal surgical procedures. Effective Health Care Program: technical brief no. 5. Available from: URL: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/90/649/TechBrief5_Maternal-Fetal-Surgery.pdf