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The annual excess economic burden of cancer survivorship, among recently diagnosed cancer survivors, was $16,213 per survivor age 18 to 64, and $16,441 per survivor age 65 and older (from 2008 to 2010).
Guy G, Ekwueme D, Yabroff K, Dowling E, et al. Economic Burden of Cancer Survivorship Among Adults in the United States. J Clin Oncol. 2013; 31(30): 3749-57. http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2013/09/16/JCO.2013.49.1241.abstract