People willing to trade treatment efficacy for reduced side effects in cancer therapies

When choosing their preferred treatment, people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia place the highest value on medicines that deliver the longest progression-free survival, but are willing to swap some drug efficacy for a reduced risk of serious adverse events according to a study published online in Blood Advances, a Journal of the American Society of Hematology. The study also suggests that factoring out-of-pocket costs into this decision-making process may significantly influence a patient’s choice of treatment.
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