The timing and probability of treatment switch under cost uncertainty: an application to patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

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Summary

The results of the empirical application suggest that the first-line treatment may be the better choice when considering lifetime welfare, and under uncertainty and irreversibility, low-risk patients must begin the second- line treatment as soon as possible, which is precisely when the second -line treatment is least valuable.

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article
Published
2014-03-01
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Keywords

Stromal tumor, Stromal cell, Computer science, Medicine, Internal medicine

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