▪ Abstract Cancer is a major public health issue and represents a significant burden of
disease. In this chapter, we analyze the main measures of burden of disease as relate to …

Cancer touches the lives of millions worldwide each year. This is reflected not only in well-
publicized mortality statistics but also in the profound-though much more difficult to measure …

The economic burden of cancer in the United States is substantial and expected to increase
significantly in the future because of expected growth and aging of the population and …

This article reviews the developments during the past decade that have led to a better
definition and conceptualization of the term “quality of life.” There is growing consensus …

Background: Population trends in aging and improved cancer survival are likely to result in
increased cancer prevalence in the United States, but few estimates of the burden of illness …

THE IMPACT OF DISEASE AND OF TREATMENT on health status and the quality of life is
receiving increasing attention by those who plan and deliver health care services, as well as …

The goals of cancer treatment and cancer prevention are to extend life expectancy and to
improve quality of life in the years prior to death. Typically, outcomes of cancer treatment are …

ABSTRACT Objective: The US Public Health Service Panel on Cost‐Effectiveness has
recommended the use of quality‐adjusted life‐years (QALYs) as the best way to estimate …

Background: Methods to estimate the direct medical costs of cancer care have evolved into
several commonly used methods. Objectives: We describe the different estimation …

Background Value-of-life methods are increasingly used in policy analyses of the economic
burden of disease. The purpose of this study was to estimate and project the value of life lost …