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Delivering PET imaging results to cancer patients: steps for handling ethical issues

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France

    Sandra Gonzalez, Eric Guedj & David Taïeb

  2. CERIMED, Aix-Marseille Université, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France

    Sandra Gonzalez, Eric Guedj & David Taïeb

  3. Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, UMR 7249, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France

    Eric Guedj

  4. Medicina Nucleare, Policlinico S. Orsola, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Fanti

  5. Psychology Department & Philosophy of Health and Disease Research Center, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy

    Elisabetta Lalumera

  6. UMR 7268 ADéS, Espace Ethique Méditerranéen, Timone University Hospital, Aix-Marseille University-EFS-CNRS, 13385, Marseille, France

    Pierre Le Coz

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Gonzalez, S., Guedj, E., Fanti, S. et al. Delivering PET imaging results to cancer patients: steps for handling ethical issues. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 45, 2240–2241 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-018-4124-y

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