Roundtable discussion: Does Avastin work on breast cancer? Should Medicare be paying for it?
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Summary:
(by Andrew Gelman) Last week I posted a link to New York Times columnist Joe Nocera’s claim that Medicare is a corrupt system that is paying for a drug, Avastin, that doesn’t work for breast cancer patients. I sent the pointer to several colleagues, along with the following note: I have three goals here: 1. [...]