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Juliet Elizabeth Wolford, MD, on Ovarian Cancer: The Cost of Care

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Juliet Elizabeth Wolford, MD, of the University of California, Irvine, discusses the cost-effectiveness of various types of maintenance therapy in advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, bevacizumab, niraparib, rucaparib, olaparib, and pembrolizumab (Abstract 5508).



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