740100login-checkStudy finds melanoma treatment costs have increased, but so has survival |
By Gabrielle Capaldo
While the adoption of immunotherapies and targeted systemic therapies for the treatment of melanoma has increased overall survival in patients, it has also significantly increased health care costs, according to a study.
“Health care costs for cancer treatment are escalating, with approximately $173 billion in the U.S. and more than $7 billion in Canada during 2020 alone,” Sarah B. Bateni, MD, MAS, of the Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto, and colleagues wrote. Read the full article in Healio.
740100login-checkStudy finds melanoma treatment costs have increased, but so has survival |