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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(15):1103; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji273
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

MEMO TO THE MEDIA

Press Release

Study Evaluates Averted Costs of Neuroblastoma Screening

Sarah L. Zielinski

jncimedia@oupjournals.org
301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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By not implementing a neuroblastoma screening program between 1989 and 2002, the United States and Canada saved $574.1 million in health costs, avoided the unnecessary treatment of more than 9,200 children, and avoided false-positive findings in more than 5,000 children, according to a new study in the August 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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