Silver Book Fact
A one percent reduction in lung, colorectal, breast, leukemia, pancreatic, and brain cancer mortality would reduce productivity costs by $814 million per year.
Bradley C, Yabroff K, Dahman B, Feuer E, et al. Productivity Costs of Cancer Mortality in the United States: 2000-2020. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008; 100(24): 1763-70. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19066273