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Increase in costs caused by discipline
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Radiation Oncology as
#1 cost
driver in US
medicine
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Nguyen et al. JCO 2011
3D-CRT vs.
IMRT
beim Prostata Ca
The IMRT and prostate story ...
• IMRT: Additional costs of 282.000.000 $ in 2005
• Still „limited comparative effectiveness research“
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07.09.17