How much is life worth: cetuximab, non-small cell lung cancer, and the $440 billion question.

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on June 29, 2009

Authors

Tito Fojo1, Christine Grady

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. tfojo@helix.nih.gov

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