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Cancer drugs, survival, and ethics
Something must be done—but chemotherapy isn’t the only option
BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6455 (Published 05 December 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i6455- Caroline Mawer, self employed
- London, UK
- caroline.mawer{at}gmail.com
Wise challenges the usefulness of chemotherapy drugs in patients with metastatic cancer,1 and Hewlett “gets it” that a survival benefit of only a few months may not be fundable from a health economist’s point of view.2 Understandably, though, Hewlett highlights the potential personal benefit of chemotherapy.
So …
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