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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on December 9, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(24):1741; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn488
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Economic Cost of Cancer Mortality Is High in U.S., Regardless of How Cost Is Measured

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The economic cost of death due to cancer is high in the United States, regardless of whether researchers estimate the economic impact in lost work productivity or in a more global measure using the value of one year of life, according to two studies published online December 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Researchers can estimate the economic burden of cancer mortality in terms of lost years . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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