Cancer

Using QALYs in Cancer: Review of the Methodological Limitations

1 October 2010

Current methods for constructing quality adjusted life year (QALY) measurements may be deficient for cancer patients in three respects: descriptions of health state, valuation of health…

Assessment and Appraisal of Oncology Medicines: NICE’s Approach and International HTA Experience

1 February 2009

Lower usage of cancer medicines in the UK compared to other countries has created questions, including whether the current approach by NICE to assessing cancer medicines…

Economic Aspects of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

1 July 1998

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is not a single disease entity but covers a complex group of different types of malignancy. They differ in the cells affected, their…

Diseases of the Prostate

1 September 1995

Cancer < 1 min read|01/09/1995 The majority of men possess little knowledge concerning the prostate gland. Information about the prostate, in particular the potential medical problems,…

Leukaemia: Towards Control

6 January 1980

Cancer < 1 min read|01/06/1980 Until the end of the 1960s leukaemia killed about 400 children annually in the United Kingdom. Excluding infant deaths (that is,…

Early Diagnosis of Cancer of the Cervix

1 July 1968

Cancer < 1 min read|01/07/1968 ALTHOUGH cervical cancer causes only 1 per cent of female deaths, it is responsible for almost one quarter of all deaths…