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Rich66 · 01-30-2012, 09:23 PM

"Switch to palliative care in patients with disease progression despite three consecutive chemotherapy regimens."

By what definition of "palliative"?

"Limit chemotherapy for most patients with advanced metastatic solid tumors to patients with good performance status. "

Ah...

So...run 3 monotherapies (less for low performers) and collect the episodal fee.

01-30-2012, 09:23 PM	#3
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	Re: US Oncologists Confront Pressure to Curb Cancer Costs "Switch to palliative care in patients with disease progression despite three consecutive chemotherapy regimens." By what definition of "palliative"? "Limit chemotherapy for most patients with advanced metastatic solid tumors to patients with good performance status. " Ah... So...run 3 monotherapies (less for low performers) and collect the episodal fee.