Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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5-Year Cancer Survival Rate Rises 0.3 Point to 66.4%: NCC
The five-year relative cancer survival rate stood at 66.4% for patients diagnosed with the disease in Japan in 2010-2011, up 0.3 point from 2009-2010, according to data issued by the National Cancer Center (NCC) on December 14. The relative survival…
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