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Study Says High-Cost Cancer Drugs Have Little Benefit, Strain Health System
Using data from other published studies, researchers have estimated that lung-cancer drug Erbitux extends patients' lives by only 1.2 months, while costing $80,000 for an 18-week course of treatment.
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