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. 2015 Jun;22(3):e134-8.
doi: 10.3747/co.22.2252.

Cancer care burden: aiming at the Achilles heel

S Ahmed  1 , R K Shahid  2 , K Gesy  3
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Cancer care burden: aiming at the Achilles heel

S Ahmed et al. Curr Oncol. 2015 Jun.
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Proposed framework to reduce cancer care costs in the short and long term. The cost of cancer care has risen exponentially, with the major contributing factors being the mounting rates of new cancers, the escalating prices of novel cancer therapies, the emergence of high-cost innovations and technologies, and overutilization and futile disease-directed care. A combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches involving value-based and evidence-informed care, shared decision-making, innovative research, transformed policies, and a focus on environmental and social determinants of health are required to overturn the rising costs.
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