Affiliation:
1. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
According to European authors, patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and high cytogenetic risk have shorter values of progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) as compared with standard hazard. More frequent hospitalizations mean potentially high expenses associated with management of patients with unfavorable cytogenetic risk. Cost and availability of treatment of oncological patients relate to one of pressing ethical issues. Another important aspect of this issue consists in an effective use of available approved modes of therapy in patients with various survival prognosis, which is especially critical for early lines of therapy. It has been proven that early administration of more effective modes based on individual characteristics both of a patient, and a disease will improve the total survival of patients. This will result in reduction of economic resources spent on selecting new modes of treatment in patients with a disease recurrence and correction of possible adverse effects and hospitalization.
Publisher
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Subject
Law,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Economics and Econometrics,Industrial relations,Anthropology,Cultural Studies,History,Anthropology,Cultural Studies,General Mathematics,General Medicine,Infectious Diseases,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),General Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,General Engineering,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics,General Physics and Astronomy,General Engineering