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Immunotherapy costs drive increase in Medicare spending for outpatient cancer care at the end of life

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A study found that recent increases in Medicare spending on outpatient cancer care at the end of patients’ lives were driven almost entirely by a type of treatment given to fewer than 1 in 5 patients.

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