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Reply to: CT and PET/CT Surveillance in Stage IIIA-D Melanoma Results in More False-Positive Than True-Positive Findings and Should Not be Routinely Recommended, by Nicholas Taylor et al.

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  1. NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

    Mbathio Dieng PhD, Sarah J. Lord MBBS & Rachael L. Morton PhD

  2. School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

    Mbathio Dieng PhD

  3. Melanoma Institute Australia, Wollstonecraft, Australia

    Omgo E. Nieweg MD, Robyn P. M. Saw MS, Amanda A. G. Nijhuis MD & John F. Thompson MD

  4. Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

    Omgo E. Nieweg MD

  5. Department of Medicine, Seymour, Paul, and Gloria Milstein Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA

    Andrew J. Einstein MD

  6. Department of Radiology, Seymour, Paul, and Gloria Milstein Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA

    Andrew J. Einstein MD

  7. Biostatistics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Robin M. Turner PhD

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John F. Thompson is the recipient of an NHMRC Program Grant (No. 1093017). He has received honoraria for advisory board participation from BMS Australia, MSD Australia, GSK, and Provectus Inc, and travel support from GSK and Provectus Inc. Robyn P. M. Saw served on the - Advisory Board for Novartis, MSD, and Qbiotics and received speaking honoraria from BMS. Andrew Einstein reported receiving grant funding to Columbia University for unrelated research from the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Cancer Institute, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Canon Medical Systems, GE Healthcare, Roche Diagnostics, and W. L. Gore & Associates and consulting and lecturing fees from Ionetix and W. L. Gore & Associates.

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Dieng, M., Lord, S.J., Nieweg, O.E. et al. Reply to: CT and PET/CT Surveillance in Stage IIIA-D Melanoma Results in More False-Positive Than True-Positive Findings and Should Not be Routinely Recommended, by Nicholas Taylor et al.. Ann Surg Oncol 28 (Suppl 3), 819–820 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-09821-2

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