Cost analysis of palliative chemotherapy for patients with gastrointestinal malignancy
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Cost-effectiveness of palliative chemotherapy in advanced gastrointestinal cancer.
BACKGROUND Chemotherapy may relieve tumor-related symptoms, may improve quality of life and prolong survival in advanced gastrointestinal cancer. The extent of such improvements is unclear despite the extensive use of this treatment modality, and there are no studies concerning the economic cost of any gain achieved in the quantity and quality of life by chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Bet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a059147