Bernardo H.L. Goulart, MD, on Stage IV NSCLC: High Drug Costs May Affect Survival
2019 Quality Care SymposiumBernardo H. L. Goulart, MD, of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses his findings that high out-of-pocket costs for oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors may lower survival rates, shorten the duration of therapy, and reduce the number of prescriptions for patients with metastatic EGFR- or ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (Abstract 3).
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