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The Canadian Pharmacists Association has commissioned a report to look at estimated costs of a national Pharmacare program in Canada. Their findings suggest that existing proposals are impractical, disruptive, and the potential for cost savings is overstated. Specific concerns from the report suggest that the existing proposals: replace the increasingly effective (more…)

A recent self-reported study was published by Cancer this week titled Self-reported financial burden of cancer care and its effect of physical and mental health-related quality of life among US cancer survivors.  The study focused on the out-of–pocket spending that Americans with cancer must spend due to their illness. With the increase of (more…)

The Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control has now added a Links page to our website. The links page directly connects you to other organizations webpages that are relevant to applied cancer control. You can visit the new page by Clicking Here. If you have any suggestions for (more…)

We are proud to announce that an ARCC funded study led by Dr. Sonya Cressman and published in The Oncologist has been selected as a CME offering. Their article titled: “A time-trend economic analysis of cancer drug trials” is available for a Maximum of 1 credit unit course. The target (more…)