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How much is life worth? The $440 billion question
Date:7/3/2009
makes this dilemma inescapable.
"The current situation cannot continue. We cannot ignore the cumulative costs of the tests and treatments we recommend and prescribe. As the agents of change, professional societies, including their academic and practicing oncologist members, must lead the way," the authors write. "The time to start is now."
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