Benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: a systematic review

ER Myers, P Moorman, JM Gierisch, LJ Havrilesky… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patients need to consider both benefits and harms of breast cancer screening.
Objective To systematically synthesize available evidence on the association of …

Assessing cost-effectiveness in healthcare: history of the $50,000 per QALY threshold

SD Grosse - Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Cost–effectiveness analyses, particularly in the USA, commonly use a figure of 50,000perlife-
yearorquality-adjustedlife-yeargainedasathresholdforassessingthecost …

GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed healthcare choices. 1: Introduction

P Alonso-Coello, HJ Schünemann, J Moberg… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Healthcare decision making is complex. Decision-making processes and the factors
(criteria) that decision makers should consider vary for different types of decisions, including …

Targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

A Villanueva, JM Llovet - Gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
Unlike most solid tumors, the incidence and mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
have increased in the United States and Europe in the past decade. Most patients are …

Health state utilities for metastatic breast cancer

A Lloyd, B Nafees, J Narewska, S Dewilde… - British journal of …, 2006 - nature.com
The aim of the study was to obtain United Kingdom-based societal preferences for distinct
stages of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and six common toxicities. Health states were …

OR Forum—A POMDP approach to personalize mammography screening decisions

T Ayer, O Alagoz, NK Stout - Operations research, 2012 - pubsonline.informs.org
Breast cancer is the most common nonskin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer
death in US women. Although mammography is the most effective modality for breast cancer …

Management of depression for people with cancer (SMaRT oncology 1): a randomised trial

V Strong, R Waters, C Hibberd, G Murray, L Wall… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background Major depressive disorder severely impairs the quality of life of patients with
medical disorders such as cancer, but evidence to guide its management is scarce. We …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of computed tomography screening for lung cancer in the United States

PM McMahon, CY Kong, C Bouzan… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Introduction A randomized trial has demonstrated that lung cancer screening reduces
mortality. Identifying participant and program characteristics that influence the cost …

Health utilities using the EQ-5D in studies of cancer

AS Pickard, CT Wilke, HW Lin, A Lloyd - Pharmacoeconomics, 2007 - Springer
Cancer is one of the most frequent disease-specific applications of the EQ-5D. The objective
of this review was to summarise evidence to support the validity and reliability of the EQ-5D …

Lung cancer screening with helical computed tomography in older adult smokers: a decision and cost-effectiveness analysis

PJ Mahadevia, LA Fleisher, KD Frick, J Eng… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Context Encouraged by direct-to-consumer marketing, smokers and their physicians are
contemplating lung cancer screening with a promising but unproven imaging procedure …