Garg Pankaj Kumar, Jain Bhupendra Kumar
Department of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Oncologist. 2014 Dec;19(12):1291. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0263.
In addition to considerations of possible cancer treatments reducing quality of life, the cost effectiveness of such treatments must also be a factor when determining treatments. Some patients have opted for expensive new treatments, leading to high financial risk but only modest results. Oncologists must explain to patients the expected benefits of treatments in terms of absolute values to allow patients to make informed decisions.
除了考虑可能的癌症治疗会降低生活质量外，在确定治疗方案时，此类治疗的成本效益也必须是一个考量因素。一些患者选择了昂贵的新疗法，这带来了很高的经济风险，但效果却并不显著。肿瘤学家必须向患者解释治疗的预期益处的绝对值，以便患者能够做出明智的决定。
