Abstract
Clinical trials have served as valuable tools for evaluating new therapeutic strategies in the treatment of cancer. Traditionally, new pharmaceuticals and procedures have been appraised on the basis of effectiveness, efficacy, and safety. Recently, economic concerns have become increasingly important when considering treatment strategies for cancer patients. The national emphasis on assessing the costs of health care has focused primarily on the cost-effectiveness of resource allocation. Policy makers are exhibiting greater interest in economic data to supplement clinical data of new procedures and pharmaceutical agents before the approval and widespread application of such methodologies. Clinical trials have increasingly become viewed as a proper setting for such economic analyses. In this paper; we review operational details for carrying out economic analyses of clinical trials being conducted in the cancer cooperative group setting.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 448-453 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Cancer Investigation |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Dr. Bennett is a recipient of a Senior Carea Development Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs. We would like to thank survey respondents from each of the cooperative cancer clinical trial groups for their helpful comments.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
