Undermining Patient Values: The ASCO Value in Cancer Care Task Force Framework

Peter J. Pitts
President, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
Robert Goldberg
Vice President, Director of Research, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb723

Abstract:

As stated in a recent article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, ASCO established a Value in Cancer Care Task Force, with the goal of “developing a framework for comparing the relative clinical benefit, toxicity, and cost of treatment in the medical oncology setting. “  In developing this framework or tool, the Task Force runs roughshod over basic facts to create a metric that – while established to promote patient centered care – strives mightily to achieve the exact opposite outcome.

Keywords:ASCO ,Innovation ,Value ,Price ,en ,