Abstract P3-06-08: Patterns of health care utilization and costs by chemotherapy and endocrine therapy sequencing among patients with hormone receptor positive (HR+)/HER2- negative advanced breast cancer
Abstract:Background: Little is known about health care costs and health services utilization of patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer, particularly in relation to the order in which patient receive endocrine and chemotherapy treatments.
Methods: A proprietary database with physician-reported clinical data on patients with breast cancer was linked to medical and pharmacy claims (2008-2012) from a national US health plan. Patients included in the study had HR+ and HER2- status. Advanced cancer inc… Show more
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