Projected increases of cancer-attributable health-care costs, accompanied by staff shortages, will impose future economic and operational challenges on national health-care systems. Herein, we highlight a series of clinical and health economic rationales in support of publicly funded clinical trial teams that conduct real-world dose-reduction trials aiming for adjustment of cancer drug label doses to reduce not only the financial burden on payers, but also the toxicity burden on patients.
- Kim Theilgaard-Mönch
- Lars Holger Ehlers
