FOCUS AREAS
CANCER
The financial costs of cancer are high for both the person with cancer and for society as a whole.
The Agency for Healthcare research and Quality (AHRQ) estimates that the direct medical costs (total of all health care costs) for cancer in the US in 2015 were $80.2 billion.
52%
of this cost is for hospital outpatient or doctor office visits
38%
of this cost is for inpatient hospital stays
Breast cancer receives the most research funding, followed by leukemia, pediatric cancers, and lymphoma. The cancer receiving the lowest funding were liver and bile duct, cervical, endometrial, and sarcoma.
What is the 5 year survival rate for all cancers combined?
5-year relative survival was 69% for all cancers combined.