Northwestern Medicine in Chicago has performed a successful liver transplant on a terminal colorectal cancer patient, splitting a donated liver between the cancer patient and a 57-year-old woman with severe liver scarring. The advanced technique, known as resection and partial liver transplantation with delayed total hepatectomy, saw the remaining part of the cancerous liver removed weeks after the initial transplantation.
The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
