Exempel på leukemia

• Studies included were cost-effectiveness analyses, cost-minimization analyses, cost analyses, and in some cases analyses of cost drivers in the treatment of leukemia.

• Task forces were formed for lymphoma, solid tumors, chronic myelocytic leukemia, and brain tumors.

• On this background, we find it valuable to comprehensively review the literature on economic evaluations of leukemia diseases.

• Chemotherapy represents the main type of treatment for lymphoma and leukemia.

• Several new treatment options for leukemia are currently under development and new therapies are expected to be introduced in the near future.

• At age 67 he was diagnosed with leukemia.

• Hence, our aim was to review and analyze the existing literature on economic evaluations of the different types of leukemia.

• A controlled study of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in elderly patients after treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia.

• Initial findings were obtained in leukemias: and subsequently in solid tumors, including malignant gliomas.

• Curative treatment focused mainly on patients with aggressive malignant lymphomas, acute myelogenous leukemia, and cancer in the breast and ovaries.

• Chronic leukemias are frequently diagnosed on routine blood testing before the appearance of symptoms.

• Restricted genetic heterogeneity in families of patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

• This is particularly important for the subtypes of leukemia that are chronic (chronic myeloid leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia).

• The group currently conducts over 150 concurrent studies of leukemia, brain tumors, and other principal cancers of children.

• More information about the total costs, that is, including indirect costs, and quality of life effects would be valuable in future evaluations in leukemia.