title: Define "effective" the curious case of chronic cancer.
authors.affiliation: The Hastings Center, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berlinger
authors.forename: Anne Lederman
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Flamm
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D002908:Chronic Disease; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research; D017281:Cost of Illness; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics; D010166:Palliative Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016019:Survival Analysis; D035501:Uncertainty