Background Despite reports of increases in the cost of cancer treatment, little is known about
how costs of cancer treatment have changed over time and what services have contributed …

Abstract Background The American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and North American Association of Central Cancer …

Background Timely estimates of the costs of care for cancer patients are an important
element in the formulation of national cancer programs and policies. We estimated net costs …

BACKGROUND: There has not been a comprehensive analysis of how aggregate cancer
costs have changed over time. The authors present 1) updated estimates of the prevalence …

Background Current estimates of the costs of cancer care in the United States are based on
data from 2003 and earlier. However, incidence, survival, and practice patterns have been …

Background Although costs of medical care for cancer have been investigated extensively,
patient time costs associated with cancer care have rarely been estimated systematically. In …

Purpose Cancer accounts for 60.9billionindirectmedicalcostsand 15.5 billion for indirect
morbidity costs. These estimates are derived primarily from national surveys or Federal …

Background Medicare spending varies substantially across the United States. We evaluated
the association between mean regional spending and survival in advanced cancer. Methods …

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of stage at diagnosis, age, and
level of comorbidity (presence of other illness) on the costs of treating three types of cancer …

Background. Cancer-specific medical care costs are used by health service researchers,
medical decision analysts, and health care policymakers. The SEER-Medicare database is a …