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Less intensive vs more intensive follow‐up after primary cancer treatment: Costs

Population
adult cancer survivors from the following cancer sites: breast, colorectal, head‐and‐neck, Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, non‐small cell lung cancer and testicular cancer
Intervention
Less intensive
Comparison
more intensive follow‐up after primary cancer treatment
Outcome
Costs

What each review found

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Less intensive vs more intensive follow‐up after primary cancer treatment
Cost · adult cancer survivors from the following cancer sites: breast, colorectal, head‐and‐neck, Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma,…
Follow‐up strategies following completion of primary cancer treatment in adult cancer survivors (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted1412 participantsVery low

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Follow‐up strategies following completion of primary cancer treatment in adult cancer survivors
2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
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