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practice are regimens such as cisplatin or carboplatin combined with paclitaxel, vinorelbine, gemcitabine, docetaxel or … analyses have been conducted on paclitaxel in NSCLC and most have focused on its use in combination with cisplatin. In terms of … clinical efficacy, paclitaxel-cisplatin combinations achieved significantly higher response rates than teniposide plus …
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trial in which the reference regimen cisplatin-paclitaxel was compared with two experimental regimens: cisplatin …-gemcitabine and gemcitabine-paclitaxel. Materials and methods: Unit costs were applied to resource use data collected prospectively on … same time improving survival. Compared with cisplatin-paclitaxel, the gemcitabine-paclitaxel regimen engendered a …
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Paclitaxel belongs to the group of antitumour agents called the taxanes. Its efficacy in advanced ovarian cancer has … year. Paclitaxel plus carboplatin has similar efficacy to paclitaxel plus cisplatin. There is now consensus that paclitaxel … particular combination employed may vary between institutions and geographical regions, although paclitaxel plus carboplatin is …
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Aim: To determine the economic impact (cost-benefit analysis) of childhood varicella vaccination, with the Oka/Merck varicella zoster virus vaccine live (Varivax(R)) in Italy. Methods: This analysis is based on an epidemiological model of varicella zoster virus (VZV) dynamics adapted to the...
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Background: French troops are exposed to tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) during their tours of duty in the Balkans. This disease, potentially serious because of its lethality and morbidity, has an effective vaccination. The epidemiological characteristics of TBE in the Balkans are not well known....
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There has been much recent debate in the health economics literature as to the (near) equivalence of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that whether such a (near) equivalence exists depends on whether one defines economic...
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Background: Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) is legal in the US and New Zealand, but illegal in the rest of the world. Little or no research exists on the social welfare implications of DTCA. Aim: To quantify the total costs and benefits associated with both appropriate and inappropriate...
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