By annette
Some 90% of all cancers originating in the body of the uterus (corpus uteri) are classified as endometrial cancer. It is the most common gynecological cancer in Europe and Northern America. Yet it receives less attention in the public discourse on cancer than cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. This report will provide a broad overview …
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Precision medicine is often cited for its expected potential to revolutionise health care. This report reviews challenges to standard methods for cost-effectiveness analyses raised in health-economic and clinical oncology literature. It also discusses further considerations and challenges when estimating the value of precision medicine interventions. Read more and download the report
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The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) and the Bengt Jönsson Foundation for Health Economics Research are hereby pleased to announce the recipient of the scholarship for this year’s student thesis in health economics. Read more
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What is the current status of lung cancer care in Poland? This dashboard-style report provides a visual description of selected performance indicators in all areas of lung cancer care. The dashboard includes comparisons between voivodeships and with the Visegrád countries and the EU average. For every indicator, the dashboard gives recommendations to improve the status …
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A new Swedish study from IHE reports on health-related quality of life in patients afflicted by palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). Read more This study evaluated an add-on to standard of care (SoC) for reducing seizure frequency in Dravet syndrome. Read more
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IHE is growing! We have welcomed two new colleagues after the summer: Ann-Louise Tidell as our new Chief Operating Manager and Ida Haggren as an Analyst. We have also welcomed Katarina Gralén back to IHE.
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The medical treatment of lung cancer has undergone major changes in the last 15 years. The introduction of targeted therapy for multiple mutations and of immunotherapy for non-oncogene-addicted cases has altered the recommended treatment paradigm. While clinical trials have shown promising results of increased survival, real-world evidence is still scarce. IHE has entered into a …
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Last week Michael Willis, research director at IHE, attended the third annual meeting for I3LUNG, An EU-funded Project fostering the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI)-based personalized medical care for lung cancer patients in which IHE is one of 16 partners. In connection with the annual meeting, a 2-day conference was also organized on the subject …
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New IHE report on the productivity loss of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) for women during menopause in the Nordic countries. Menopause is a biological process which occurs for all women and it marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years. It was estimated that on average, 95 to 165 working hours are missed …
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During the last 2 years, IHE’s policy research on breastcancer and in particular triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has covered the entire globe. This new report is a short compendium report of the main challenges that women with TNBC face during the care process around the world. The analysis of the care process is closely aligned …