title: American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: A Conceptual Framework to Assess the Value of Cancer Treatment Options.
authors.affiliation: Lowell E. Schnipper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Jeffrey Peppercorn, Massachusetts General Hospital; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Therese Mulvey, Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, Fall River, MA; Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Adam P. Dicker, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Dana S. Wollins, Courtney Tyne, and Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Douglas W. Blayney, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patricia A. Ganz, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Peter P. Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA; Diane Blum, National Executive Service Corps; Leonard Saltz and Clifford A. Hudis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; J. Russell Hoverman, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX; Robert Langdon, Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, NE; Gary H. Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Neal J. Meropol, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Lee Newcomer, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, MN; Blase Polite, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Derek Raghavan, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC; Gregory Rossi, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; and Thomas J. Smith, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. lschnipp@bidmc.harvard.edu.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raghavan
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authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
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authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saltz
authors.affiliation: Lowell E. Schnipper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Jeffrey Peppercorn, Massachusetts General Hospital; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Therese Mulvey, Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, Fall River, MA; Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Adam P. Dicker, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Dana S. Wollins, Courtney Tyne, and Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Douglas W. Blayney, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patricia A. Ganz, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Peter P. Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA; Diane Blum, National Executive Service Corps; Leonard Saltz and Clifford A. Hudis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; J. Russell Hoverman, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX; Robert Langdon, Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, NE; Gary H. Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Neal J. Meropol, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Lee Newcomer, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, MN; Blase Polite, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Derek Raghavan, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC; Gregory Rossi, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; and Thomas J. Smith, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schrag
authors.affiliation: Lowell E. Schnipper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Jeffrey Peppercorn, Massachusetts General Hospital; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Therese Mulvey, Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, Fall River, MA; Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Adam P. Dicker, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Dana S. Wollins, Courtney Tyne, and Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Douglas W. Blayney, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patricia A. Ganz, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Peter P. Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA; Diane Blum, National Executive Service Corps; Leonard Saltz and Clifford A. Hudis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; J. Russell Hoverman, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX; Robert Langdon, Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, NE; Gary H. Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Neal J. Meropol, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Lee Newcomer, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, MN; Blase Polite, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Derek Raghavan, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC; Gregory Rossi, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; and Thomas J. Smith, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Lowell E. Schnipper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Jeffrey Peppercorn, Massachusetts General Hospital; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Therese Mulvey, Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, Fall River, MA; Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Adam P. Dicker, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Dana S. Wollins, Courtney Tyne, and Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Douglas W. Blayney, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patricia A. Ganz, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Peter P. Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA; Diane Blum, National Executive Service Corps; Leonard Saltz and Clifford A. Hudis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; J. Russell Hoverman, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX; Robert Langdon, Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, NE; Gary H. Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Neal J. Meropol, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Lee Newcomer, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, MN; Blase Polite, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Derek Raghavan, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC; Gregory Rossi, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; and Thomas J. Smith, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Peter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Lowell E. Schnipper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Jeffrey Peppercorn, Massachusetts General Hospital; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Therese Mulvey, Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, Fall River, MA; Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Adam P. Dicker, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Dana S. Wollins, Courtney Tyne, and Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Douglas W. Blayney, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patricia A. Ganz, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Peter P. Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA; Diane Blum, National Executive Service Corps; Leonard Saltz and Clifford A. Hudis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; J. Russell Hoverman, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX; Robert Langdon, Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, NE; Gary H. Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Neal J. Meropol, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Lee Newcomer, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, MN; Blase Polite, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Derek Raghavan, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC; Gregory Rossi, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; and Thomas J. Smith, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Clifford A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hudis
authors.affiliation: Lowell E. Schnipper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Jeffrey Peppercorn, Massachusetts General Hospital; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Therese Mulvey, Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, Fall River, MA; Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Center, Pittsburgh; Adam P. Dicker, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Dana S. Wollins, Courtney Tyne, and Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Douglas W. Blayney, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford; Patricia A. Ganz, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Peter P. Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA; Diane Blum, National Executive Service Corps; Leonard Saltz and Clifford A. Hudis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; J. Russell Hoverman, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX; Robert Langdon, Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, NE; Gary H. Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Neal J. Meropol, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Lee Newcomer, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, MN; Blase Polite, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Derek Raghavan, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC; Gregory Rossi, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; and Thomas J. Smith, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schilsky
authors.lastname: American Society of Clinical Oncology
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