Background. Cancer-specific medical care costs are used by health service researchers,
medical decision analysts, and health care policymakers. The SEER-Medicare database is a …

purpose: The indirect morbidity/disability costs of breast cancer may be rising as a
consequence of the growth in the population of long‐term survivors. This study was …

Survival statistics alone may no longer be valid when used as evidence of effective
outcomes. Patient satisfaction is an end point that needs further evaluation and should be …

PURPOSE: This study provides population-based estimates of the treatment costs for elderly
women with early-stage breast cancer, with emphasis on costs of modified radical …

Background: It is increasingly important to have timely information about the economic
impact of new cancer therapies in today's cost-conscious environment. Nearly 170 000 …

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine cancer-related medical care costs for long term
survivors of colorectal cancer. METHODS: The SEER-Medicare database was used to …

That cost concerns drive developments in health care management and policy is
everywhere apparent. Managed care contracting and other recent changes in third-party …

Over five years have past, since the first thought of writing a" philosophical" thesis on
cochlear implantation was bom It was a warm day in the late spring of 1996, when I made …

Breast cancer threatens the lives of many women in California and across the country. One
in eight women in California will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. According to the …