Oncotarget: Can Precision Oncology Improve Patient Survival AND Cut Costs?

Oncotarget published this top-performing paper in 2018, when researchers compared the overall survival, average total healthcare costs, and resource utilization among patients with advanced cancers who received either standard care or precision, targeted oncology. The researchers, from Intermountain Healthcare facilities (located in Utah and California, U.S.) and California’s Stanford University School of Medicine, conducted a well-read study published in 2018, titled: “Precision oncology in advanced cancer patients improves overall survival with lower weekly healthcare costs.” This paper currently presents with an Altmetric attention score of 484. Read about the study: https://www.oncotarget.com/article/24384/text/ Top Oncotarget publications rated by Altmetric Attention Score: https://www.oncotarget.com/news/altmetric/ The Top-Performer series highlights research literature published in Oncotarget that has generated a high Altmetric score. Altmetric scores, located at the top-left of trending Oncotarget papers, provide an at-a-glance indication of the volume and type of online attention the research has received. More from the Top-Performer series: https://www.oncotarget.org/tag/top-performer/ About Oncotarget: Oncotarget is a bi-weekly, peer-reviewed, open access biomedical journal covering research on all aspects of oncology. To learn more about Oncotarget, please visit www.oncotarget.com or follow us: SoundCloud - @oncotarget Facebook - www.facebook.com/Oncotarget/ Twitter - twitter.com/oncotarget LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/oncotarget Instagram - www.instagram.com/oncotargetjrnl/ YouTube - www.youtube.com/OncotargetYouTube Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/oncotarget/ Reddit - www.reddit.com/user/Oncotarget/ Oncotarget is published by Impact Journals, LLC please visit www.ImpactJournals.com or connect with @ImpactJrnls Media Contact MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM 18009220957x105