Silver Book Fact
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.
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