Use of High-cost Systemic Treatments in Elderly mCRC Patients

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¹ *Department of Health SystemsManagement, and Policy, Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO †Health Services and Economics BranchNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD ‡Information Management ServicesRockville, MD §Departments of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA.

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Cathy J Bradley et al. Med Care. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;55(1):86-87.

doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000612.

¹ *Department of Health SystemsManagement, and Policy, Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO †Health Services and Economics BranchNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD ‡Information Management ServicesRockville, MD §Departments of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA.

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Trends in the Treatment of Metastatic Colon and Rectal Cancer in Elderly Patients.
Bradley CJ, Yabroff KR, Warren JL, Zeruto C, Chawla N, Lamont EB. Bradley CJ, et al. Med Care. 2016 May;54(5):490-7. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000510. Med Care. 2016. PMID: 26900834
Trends in the Treatment of Metastatic Colon and Rectal Cancer in Elderly Patients.
Linke K, Tapia Rico G, Price TJ. Linke K, et al. Med Care. 2017 Jan;55(1):86. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000611. Med Care. 2017. PMID: 27479601 No abstract available.

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