Daysal, N. Meltem; Evans, William N.; Pedersen, Mikkel Hasse - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We investigate the effects of radiation therapy on the mortality and economic outcomes of breast cancer patients. We … guideline change in Denmark. Using administrative data, we reproduce results from an RCT showing the lifesaving benefits of … radiotherapy. We then show therapy also has economic returns: ten years after diagnosis, treatment increases employment by 37% and …