Follow-up care of cancer survivors: challenges and solutions

LA Jacobs, LN Shulman - The Lancet Oncology, 2017 - thelancet.com
Attention to survivors of adult cancers formally began more than 30 years ago with the
founding of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship by representatives from 20 …

Decision support systems for personalized and participative radiation oncology

P Lambin, J Zindler, BGL Vanneste… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
A paradigm shift from current population based medicine to personalized and participative
medicine is underway. This transition is being supported by the development of clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of global radiotherapy needs and costs by geographic region and income level

E Zubizarreta, J Van Dyk, Y Lievens - Clinical Oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen various reviews on the lack of access to radiotherapy often based
on geographic regions of the world such as Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and …

Changing global policy to deliver safe, equitable, and affordable care for women's cancers

O Ginsburg, R Badwe, P Boyle, G Derricks, A Dare… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Breast and cervical cancer are major threats to the health of women globally, particularly in
low-income and middle-income countries. Radical progress to close the global cancer …

Expenditure and financial burden for the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer in China: a hospital‐based, multicenter, cross‐sectional survey

HY Huang, JF Shi, LW Guo, YN Bai… - Cancer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The increasing prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in China and the paucity
of information about relevant expenditure highlight the necessity of better understanding the …

[图书][B] The way we die now: the view from medicine's front line

S O'Mahony - 2017 - books.google.com
We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of the dying spend their last days in general
hospitals and nursing homes, in the care of strangers. They may not even know they are …

Improving access to high‐cost cancer drugs in Latin America: Much to be done

R Ruiz, K Strasser‐Weippl, D Touya… - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Lack of access to high‐cost medications is a complex issue at the intersection of economics,
medicine, politics, and ethics, and it poses a significant threat to global health care. The …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness analysis of an 18-week exercise programme for patients with breast and colon cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy: the randomised …

AM May, MJC Bosch, MJ Velthuis, E Van Der Wall… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Meta-analyses show that exercise interventions during cancer treatment reduce
cancer-related fatigue. However, little is known about the cost-effectiveness of such …

Overuse of health care services in the management of cancer: a systematic review

SS Baxi, M Kale, S Keyhani, BR Roman, A Yang… - Medical care, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Overuse, the provision of health services for which harms outweigh the
benefits, results in suboptimal patient care and may contribute to the rising costs of cancer …

Cost of breast cancer based on real-world data: a cancer registry study in Italy

S Capri, A Russo - BMC Health Services Research, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In European countries, it is difficult for local health organizations to
determine the resources allocated to different hospitals for breast cancer. The aim of the …