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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(1):1; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk042
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© Oxford University Press 2007.

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Press Release

Study Calculates Patient Time Costs Associated with Cancer Care

Andrea Widener

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

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In 2005, the overall cost of patients' time spent on cancer care was $2.3 billion in the first year after diagnosis, according to a new study in the January 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The time costs for the 11 cancers studied and for different phases of cancer care varied widely, they write.

Several studies have estimated the direct medical costs of cancer care, but few have attempted to include a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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