Colorectal cancer treatment costs about $6.5 billion per year; breast cancer treatment costs nearly $7 billion per year; and cervical cancer treatment costs around $2 billion per year. -- Brown, Martin L., Joseph Lipscomb, and Claire Snyder. "The Burden of Illness and Cancer: Economic cost and quality of life". Annual Review of Public Health. Vol. 22, pp. 91-113. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:49:38 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/53 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/53 Direct annual spending for prostate cancer is $3.6 billion. -- Pfizer Inc. "The Burden of Cancer in American Adults". Pfizer Facts. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:50:01 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/54 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/54 The annual national cost of informal caregiving for cancer patients is an estimated $1 billion. -- Hayman, James A., Kenneth M. Langa, Mohammed U. Kabeto, Steven J. Katz, Sonya M. DeMonner, Michael E. Chernew, Mitchell B. Slavin, and A. Mark Fendrick. "Estimating the Cost of Informal Caregiving for Elderly Patients with Cancer". Journal of Clinical Oncology . Vol. 19, No. 13, pp. 3219-25. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:50:28 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/55 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/55 Cost of Care for Those Who Lose Independence -- Alliance for Aging Research. Independence for Older Americans: An investment for our nation's future. Washington, D.C.: Alliance for Aging Research. 1999. Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:02:07 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/278 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/278 The National Institutes of Health estimated the overall cost of cancer in 2005 was $209.9 billion. This figure includes $74.0 billion in direct medical costs, $17.5 billion in indirect morbidity costs, and $118.4 billion in indirect mortality costs. -- American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2006. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society. 2006. Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:34:00 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/335 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/335 The average 5 year costs of cancer vary depending on the type of cancer. In 2004, it cost $20,000 every 5 years for patients with breast cancer or melanoma--it cost more than $40,000 for patients with brain, gastric, esophageal, ovarian, or lymphoma cancers during the same period. -- Yabroff, Robin, Elizabeth Lamont, Angela Mariotto, Joan Warren, Marie Topor, Angela Meekins, Martin Brown. "Cost of Care for Elderly Cancer Patients in the United States". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Vol. 100, No. 9, pp. 630-41. Wed, 28 May 2008 10:33:09 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1424 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1424 For elderly cancer patients, 5 year Medicare costs in 2004 were approximately $21.1 billion. -- Yabroff, Robin, Elizabeth Lamont, Angela Mariotto, Joan Warren, Marie Topor, Angela Meekins, Martin Brown. "Cost of Care for Elderly Cancer Patients in the United States". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Vol. 100, No. 9, pp. 630-41. Wed, 28 May 2008 10:35:11 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1426 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1426 In 2004, the U.S. spent about $72.1 billion in direct costs for cancer care. -- Yabroff, Robin, Elizabeth Lamont, Angela Mariotto, Joan Warren, Marie Topor, Angela Meekins, Martin Brown. "Cost of Care for Elderly Cancer Patients in the United States". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Vol. 100, No. 9, pp. 630-41. Wed, 28 May 2008 10:37:51 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1428 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1428 The NIH estimated that the overall cost of cancer in 2006 was $206.3 billion. This figure includes $78.5 billion in direct medical costs, $17.9 billion in indirect morbidity costs, and $110.2 billion in indirect mortality costs. -- American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2007. Atlanta, GA: 2007. Tue, 29 May 2007 13:16:09 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/979 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/979 Net patient time costs during the initial phase of care ranged from $271 and $842 for melanoma of the skin and prostate cancer, respectively, to $5348 and $5605 for gastric and ovarian cancers, respectively. Net patient time costs for care during the last year of life ranged from $1509 for melanoma of the skin to $7799, $7435 and $7388 for gastric, lung, and ovarian cancers, respectively. In 2005, patient time costs for the initial phase of care were $2.3 billion. -- Yarbroff, K. Robin, William Davis, Elizabeth Lamont, Angela Fahey, Marie Topor, Martin Brown, and Joan Warren. "Patient Time Costs Associated With Cancer Care". JNCI. Vol. 99, No. 1, pp. 14-23. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:10:10 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1072 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1072