Cost-effectiveness of ALK testing and first-line crizotinib therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer in China.

INTRODUCTION:Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement gene testing is used increasingly to identify patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are most likely to benefit from crizotinib. This study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the ALK tests followed by crizotini...

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Main Authors: Shun Lu, Yongfeng Yu, Shijun Fu, Hongye Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6198972?pdf=render