Program Type: New England CEPAC

Prostate Cancer

Dec 2008 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: Brachytherapy and Proton beam therapy for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths and the seventh overall causeof death in men in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008).Given that most new cases are diagnosed at an early, localized stage, significant attentionhas been focused […]

Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2

Feb 2016 | Assessment

Intervention of interest: Insulin degludec (Tresiba®, Novo Nordisk A/S). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 29.1 million Americans have diabetes and 1.7 million adults are newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM) each year. To treat diabetes, approximately 6 million Americans use insulin therapy as part of their treatment plan to control […]