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Approvals in 2016: questioning the clinical benefit of anticancer therapies

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology volume 14, pages 135–136 (2017)Cite this article

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Patients with cancer expect to derive a meaningful clinical benefit from anticancer treatments, especially considering that such therapies are associated with adverse events and, often, substantial financial costs. We have evaluated new anticancer agents approved by the FDA in 2015 and 2016 using the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale and ASCO Value Framework, and conclude that many agents only offer marginal value.

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C.M.B. is supported as the Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care.

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  1. Departments of Oncology and Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, University Avenue, Kingston, K7L 3N6, Ontario, Canada

    Christopher M. Booth

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Toronto, King's College Circus, Toronto, M5S, Ontario, Canada

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Booth, C., Del Paggio, J. Approvals in 2016: questioning the clinical benefit of anticancer therapies. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 14, 135–136 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2017.18

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