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- Title
Quantifying Gains in the War on Cancer Due to Improved Treatment and Earlier Detection.
- Authors
Seabury, Seth A.; Goldman, Dana P.; Gupta, Charu N.; Khan, Zeba M.; Chandra, Amitabh; Philipson, Tomas J.; Lakdawalla, Darius N.
- Abstract
The article presents a study on a retrospective analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registry data to quantify reductions in mortality rates for cancer patients between 1997 and 2007. It informs of improvements in treatment and screening efforts for different types of cancer over the past decade. The study also find importance of treatment and detection varies with cancer type.
- Publication
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 1, p141
- ISSN
1558-9544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/fhep-2015-0028