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The Forest and the Trees: the Human Costs of Cancer
Affiliations of authors: Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD (LGK); Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (SDR)
Correspondence to: Larry G. Kessler, ScD, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., HFZ-100, Rockville, MD 20850 (e-mail: lgk@cdrh.fda.gov).
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In his 1748 article "Advice to a Tradesman," Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, "Remember that time is money." There is no doubt that this adage can be applied to the time we spend seeking medical care in the 21st century. Still, when we think of cancer care and the substantial costs of today's treatment, researchers and policy makers tend to forget that time costs are a very real and very human component of the total economic burden of cancer. The article by Yabroff et al. in this issue of the Journal (1) helps us to view a little described part of the
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