WCOE: Cost of Cancer Care, Adopting a Shorter Course of Treatment for Some Breast Cancer Patients, and Lung Cancer Screening
In “The Punishing Cost of Cancer Care,” Dr. Mikkael Sekeres describes the difficult conversations he has with patients regarding the cost of cancer treatments and how reviewing the economic risks of treatment is now a standard part of his informed consent process. In the vignette he provides, one patient considers whether the cost of treatment outweighs the potential […]