Despite steep costs, payments for new cancer drugs make economic sense

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Frank R Lichtenberg
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[1] Frank R. Lichtenberg is the Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business at Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge,
[2] Massachusetts. His research has been supported by pharmaceutical and device companies as well as by government and nonprofit organizations.,undefined
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Nature Medicine | 2011年 / 17卷
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Cancer drugs have become more expensive over the past few years, leading many people to question whether the treatments are really worth their high costs. But despite the sticker shock, cancer medicines have provided good value for money.
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