Impact on Medical Cost, Cumulative Survival, and Cost-Effectiveness of Adding Rituximab to First-Line Chemotherapy for Follicular Lymphoma in Elderly Patients: An Observational Cohort Study Based on SEER-Medicare

Rituximab improves survival in follicular lymphoma (FL), but is considerably more expensive than conventional chemotherapy. We estimated the total direct medical costs, cumulative survival, and cost-effectiveness of adding rituximab to first-line chemotherapy for FL, based on a single source of data...

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Main Authors: Robert I. Griffiths, Michelle L. Gleeson, Joseph Mikhael, Mark D. Danese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Cancer Epidemiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/978391