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Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology

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  • Richard Sullivan

    (King's College London
    King's Institute of Cancer Policy)

  • C. S. Pramesh

    (Tata Memorial Centre
    National Cancer Grid of India)

  • Christopher M. Booth

    (professor and research chair in population cancer care at Queen's University Cancer Research Institute)

Abstract

Treating cancer with the latest drugs and techniques is costly and will not improve survival globally, warn Richard Sullivan, C. S. Pramesh and Christopher M. Booth.

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  • Richard Sullivan & C. S. Pramesh & Christopher M. Booth, 2017. "Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology," Nature, Nature, vol. 549(7672), pages 325-328, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:549:y:2017:i:7672:d:10.1038_549325a
    DOI: 10.1038/549325a
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