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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access published online on September 23, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, doi:10.1093/jnci/djn288
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press.

CORRESPONDENCE

Re: Cost of Care for the Elderly Cancer Patients in the United States

Lodovico Balducci, Jennifer Tam-Mcdevitt, Robert Hauser, Jody Simon

Affiliations of authors: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, MCC-SA Program, Tampa, FL (LB); Geriatric Oncology Consortium, Baltimore, MD (JTM, RH, JS)

Correspondence to: Jennifer Tam-McDevitt, PharmD, PhD, Geriatric Oncology Consortium, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD 21211 (e-mail: jtam@thegoc.org).

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We thank Yabroff et al. (1) for highlighting the cost of care for elderly cancer patients in the United States. With the growth and aging of the US population, the prevalence of cancer will increase, as will the cost of cancer care to the Medicare program. This study highlights the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Response: Re: Cost of Care for the Elderly Cancer Patients in the United States
K. Robin Yabroff, Elizabeth B. Lamont, Joan L. Warren, and Martin L. Brown
J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 100: 1413-1414. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]