Open AccessCommentary: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia—The Price of Progress
Author(s) -
Shanafelt Tait D.,
Gunderson Heidi,
Call Timothy G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0090
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , leukemia , intensive care medicine , oncology , immunology
The study looks at the high cost of new treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and calls for the consideration of a standardized and transparent method to determine the price of new drugs based on comparative effectiveness.