In Support of a Patient-Driven Initiative and Petition to Lower the High Price of Cancer Drugs

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 996-1000

  Tefferi, Ayalew ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop ^b   Rajkumar, S Vincent ^a   Baker, Lawrence H ^c   Abkowitz, Jan L ^d   Adamson, John W ^e   Advani, Ranjana Hira ^f   Allison, James ^b   Antman, Karen H ^g   Bast, Robert C ^b   Bennett, John M ^h   Benz, Edward J ⁱ   Berliner, Nancy ^j   Bertino, Joseph ^k   Bhatia, Ravi ^l   Bhatia, Smita ^l   Bhojwani, Deepa ^m   Blanke, Charles D ⁿ   Bloomfield, Clara D ^o   Bosserman, Linda ^p   Broxmeyer, Hal E ^q   Byrd, John C ^o   Cabanillas, Fernando ^r   Canellos, George Peter ⁱ   Chabner, Bruce A ^s   Chanan Khan, Asher ^t   Cheson, Bruce ^u   Clarkson, Bayard ^v   Cohn, Susan L ^w   Colon Otero, Gerardo ^s   Cortes, Jorge ^b   Coutre, Steven ^f   Cristofanilli, Massimo ^x   Curran, Walter J ^y   Daley, George Q ^i,z   Deangelo, Daniel J ⁱ   Deeg, H Joachim ^d,aa   Einhorn, Lawrence H ^q   Erba, Harry P ^l   Esteva, Francisco J ^ab   Estey, Elihu ^d   Fidler, Isaiah J ^b   Foran, James ^t   Forman, Stephen ^p   Freireich, Emil ^b   Fuchs, Charles ⁱ   George, James N ^ac   Gertz, Morie A ^a   Giralt, Sergio ^v   Golomb, Harvey ^w   Greenberg, Peter ^f   Gutterman, Jordan ^b   Handin, Robert I ^i,j   Hellman, Samuel ^w   Hoff, Paulo Marcelo ^ad   Hoffman, Ronald ^ae   Hong, Waun Ki ^b   Horowitz, Mary ^af   Hortobagyi, Gabriel N ^b   Hudis, Clifford ^v   Issa, Jean Pierre ^ag   Johnson, Bruce Evan ^ah   Kantoff, Philip W ⁱ   Kaushansky, Kenneth ^ai   Khayat, David ^aj   Khuri, Fadlo R ^y   Kipps, Thomas J ^ak   Kripke, Margaret ^al   Kyle, Robert A ^a   Larson, Richard A ^w   Lawrence, Theodore S ^c   Levine, Ross ^v   Link, Michael P ^f   Lippman, Scott M ^ak   Lonial, Sagar ^y   Lyman, Gary H ^d,aa   Markman, Maurie ^am   Mendelsohn, John ^b   Meropol, Neal J ^an   Messinger, Yoav ^ao   Mulvey, Therese M ^ap   O'Brien, Susan ^aq   Perez Soler, Roman ^ar   Pollock, Raphael ^o   Prchal, Josef ^as   Press, Oliver ^aa   Radich, Jerald ^aa   Rai, Kanti ^at   Rosenberg, Saul A ^f   Rowe, Jacob M ^au   Rugo, Hope ^av   Runowicz, Carolyn D ^aw   Sandmaier, Brenda M ^aa   Saven, Alan ^ax   Schafer, Andrew I ^ay   Schiffer, Charles ^az   Sekeres, Mikkael A ^ba   Silver, Richard T ^ax   Siu, Lillian L ^bb   Steensma, David P ⁱ   Stewart, F Marc ^bc   Stock, Wendy ^w   Stone, Richard ⁱ   Storb, Rainer ^aa   Strong, Louise C ^b   Tallman, Martin S ^v   Thompson, Michael ^bd   Ueno, Naoto T ^b   Van Etten, Richard A ^aq   Vose, Julie M ^be   Wiernik, Peter H ^bf   Winer, Eric P ⁱ   Younes, Anas ^v   Zelenetz, Andrew D ^v   Lemaistre, Charles A ^b   more..

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^m CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

ⁿ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r Auxilio Cancer Center   (Puerto Rico)

^s MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^u GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^x THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aa Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^ab NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ae MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^af MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^ag TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology   (United States)

^ai STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aj PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^al Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas   (United States)

^am CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^ao Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota   (United States)

^ap Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care   (United States)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ar ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^as UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^at Department of Urology   (United States)

^au NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aw FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ax SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^ay WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^az KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ba LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^bb PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^bc SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^bd Aurora Health Care   (United States)

^be UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bf Cancer Research Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INSURANCE; LAW; MEDICARE; NOTE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PROFIT; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; FEE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCRIPTION FEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938744306     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.06.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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