Roundtable discussion: Does Avastin work on breast cancer? Should Medicare be paying for it?

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(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. […]

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https://statisticsforum.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/roundtable-discussion-does-avastin-work-on-breast-cancer-should-medicare-be-paying-for-it/

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07/01/2015, 04:19

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11/28/2011, 13:05