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Economic Evaluation of Companion Diagnostic Testing for EGFR Mutations and First-Line Targeted Therapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients in South Korea.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Lim Eun-A, Lee Haeyoung, Bae Eunmi, Lim Jaeok, Shin Young Kee, Choi Sang-Eun
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BACKGROUND: As targeted therapy becomes increasingly important, diagnostic techniques for identifying targeted biomarkers have also become an emerging issue. The study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treating patients as guided by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status compared with a no-testing strategy that is the current clinical practice in South Korea. METHODS: A cost-utility...
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