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Mariotto and Yabroff explain projections for cancer care costs

August 14, 2012, 4:21PM

Statistician Angela Mariotto, Ph.D., and epidemiologist Robin Yabroff, Ph.D., work in NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. In this interview from 2011, Mariotto and Yabroff discuss projections for cancer-related medical spending in the year 2020.

The Financial Burden of Cancer

April 23, 2010, 11:40AM

Credit: Rhoda Baer (Photographer), NCI

Cancer care cost the American public $104.1 billion in 2006 – the most recent year for which statistics are available – according to NCI’s newly released Cancer Trends Progress Report-2009/2010 Update. The financial burden of cancer looms even larger, however, when you consider other costs, such as losses in time and economic productivity.

A Quick Guide to Finding Cancer Statistics

September 2, 2003

Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, per 1000 Mammograms

To find the latest cancer statistics, consult the Cancer Statistics Review (CSR), a database published annually by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

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