Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 January 12. 2011 According to a recent analysis by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, in 2020, medical expenditures for cancer should reach at least $158 billion (in 2010 dollars). This represents an increase of 27 percent over 2010. However, if newly developed tools for cancer diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up continue to increase in cost, medical expenditures for cancer could reach as high as $207 billion. The full analysis appears online today, Jan. 12, 2011, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. To project national cancer expenditures, the researchers combined cancer prevalence (the current number of people living with cancer), with average annual costs of care by age (younger than 65 or 65 and older). According to their prevalence estimates, there were 13.8 million cancer survivors alive in 2010, 58 percent of whom were age 65 or older. If cancer incidence and survival rates remain stable, the number of cancer survivors in 2020 will increase by 31 percent to about 18.1 million. Because of the aging of the U.S. population, the researchers expect the largest increase in cancer survivors over the next 10 years to be among Americans age 65 and older. http://tinyurl.com/4edj7qd FYI, Lottie Duthu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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