Healthcare costs in women with metastatic breast cancer receiving chemotherapy as their principal treatment modality.

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Published in BMC Cancer on June 15, 2011

Authors

Montserrat Vera-Llonch1, Derek Weycker, Andrew Glass, Sue Gao, Rohit Borker, Angie Qin, Gerry Oster

Author Affiliations

1: Policy Analysis Inc (PAI), Brookline, MA, USA.

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