title: Cost savings in cancer care from the selection of effective versus ineffective initial chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Analytical Biosystems, Warwick, RI 02886.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000191:economics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000191:economics; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D012237:Rhode Island; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents