Letter--Corrected Net Health Benefit Calculations for Enzalutamide Using ASCO Value Framework Guidelines and NCCN

Scott Flanders1, Bruce Brown2, Marjan Massoudi3

  • 11 Senior Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research-Oncology Astellas Pharma.

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