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The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) is a community forum dedicated to objectivity and transparency regarding medical technologies; a community forum for dialog and decisions regarding the safety and effectiveness of new and emerging technologies.

Recent Assessments

28 Oct 2009
Artificial Disc Replacement for Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine
28 Oct 2009
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) for Plantar Fasciitis not Responding to Conservative Therapy

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15 Oct 2008
Brachytherapy as Primary Radiation Therapy Following Breast-conserving Surgery for Stage I OR II Breast Cancer
17 Oct 2007
Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Stenosis and for the Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain

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17 February 2010
Hilton Hotel
San Francisco, California
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2 June 2010
Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

CTAF Meeting

13 October 2010
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
San Francisco, California

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