Anticipated Cost Savings with Alternate Dosing Schema of Nivolumab/Ipilimumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Kupsh ◽  
Laura Alwan ◽  
Eve Segal ◽  
Kate Trieselmann ◽  
Evan Hall
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Jarkowski ◽  
Jill S Nestico ◽  
Karen L Vona ◽  
Nikhil I Khushalani

Author(s):  
Richard S. Chemock

One of the most common tasks in a typical analysis lab is the recording of images. Many analytical techniques (TEM, SEM, and metallography for example) produce images as their primary output. Until recently, the most common method of recording images was by using film. Current PS/2R systems offer very large capacity data storage devices and high resolution displays, making it practical to work with analytical images on PS/2s, thereby sidestepping the traditional film and darkroom steps. This change in operational mode offers many benefits: cost savings, throughput, archiving and searching capabilities as well as direct incorporation of the image data into reports.The conventional way to record images involves film, either sheet film (with its associated wet chemistry) for TEM or PolaroidR film for SEM and light microscopy. Although film is inconvenient, it does have the highest quality of all available image recording techniques. The fine grained film used for TEM has a resolution that would exceed a 4096x4096x16 bit digital image.


2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Samaneh Dowlatshahi ◽  
Ronald A. Codario
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1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-333
Author(s):  
Dummer ◽  
Nestle ◽  
Hofbauer ◽  
Burg

Das metastasierende Melanom (MM) gehört zu den schwierig behandelbaren Malignomen, wobei Allgemeinzustand und Motivation des Patienten neben Zahl und Lokalisation der Metastasen das therapeutische Vorgehen bestimmen. Solitäre Metastasen in Lunge, ZNS, Weichteilen und Lymphknoten sollten primär chirurgisch entfernt werden. Multiple Metastasen, insbesondere abdominal, werden nur in Ausnahmefällen chirurgisch angegangen. Hier ist vielmehr ein systemische Chemoimmuntherapie angebracht. Aussichtsreiche Behandlungskonzepte beinhalten Interleukin-2, Interferon, und verschiedenen Zytostatika wie DTIC, Temozolamid, Vindesine oder Cisplatin. Bei ZNS- und Skelettfiliae ist die Radiotherapie einzusetzen. Durch diese Chemoimmuntherapien hat sich die Prognose des metastasierenden Melanoms bezüglich des Überlebens verbessert. Langfristig wird aber nur eine Kombination von zeitraubenden Multicenterstudien und experimentellen Ansätzen in der Lage sein, uns langsam an eine kurative Therapie heranzuführen.


2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Romney ◽  
Nathaniel Israel ◽  
Danijela Zlatevski

The present study examines the effect of agency-level implementation variation on the cost-effectiveness of an evidence-based parent training program (Positive Parenting Program: “Triple P”). Staff from six community-based agencies participated in a five-day training to prepare them to deliver a 12-week Triple P parent training group to caregivers. Prior to the training, administrators and staff from four of the agencies completed a site readiness process intended to prepare them for the implementation demands of successfully delivering the group, while the other two agencies did not complete the process. Following the delivery of each agency’s first Triple P group, the graduation rate and average cost per class graduate were calculated. The average cost-per-graduate was over seven times higher for the two agencies that had not completed the readiness process than for the four completing agencies ($7,811 vs. $1,052). The contrast in costs was due to high participant attrition in the Triple P groups delivered by the two agencies that did not complete the readiness process. The odds of Triple P participants graduating were 12.2 times greater for those in groups run by sites that had completed the readiness process. This differential attrition was not accounted for by between-group differences in participant characteristics at pretest. While the natural design of this study limits the ability to empirically test all alternative explanations, these findings indicate a striking cost savings for sites completing the readiness process and support the thoughtful application of readiness procedures in the early stages of an implementation initiative.


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