Measuring clinically significant chemotherapy-related toxicities using Medicare claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial participants.

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Published in Med Care on March 01, 2008

Authors

Elizabeth B Lamont1, James E Herndon, Jane C Weeks, I Craig Henderson, Rogerio Lilenbaum, Richard L Schilsky, Nicholas A Christakis, Cancer and Leukemia Group B

Author Affiliations

1: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. elamont@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Paclitaxel With or Without Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer | NCT00003117

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