<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cancer as a financial value is one of the most expensive diseases. Costs, including the cost of new cancer drugs, are increasing at an unsustainable rate, threatening the permanent access of patients to treatment. Prices for new treatments against cancer have doubled over the past 10 years and now are usually between USD 6000 and USD 10,000 per month, this increase is often not correlated with reimbursement and implemented public health benefits. According to various authors, these results lead to debate whether the cost differences between EU countries and the US for the treatment of oncologic diseases are transformed into improved outcomes for patients, and must also take into account key factors such as lifestyle, late diagnosis, and management approach for treatment, reimbursement of oncology treatment and control of various institutions on spending.</p></abstract>

Cancer as a financial value is one of the most expensive diseases. Costs, including the cost of new cancer drugs, are increasing at an unsustainable rate, threatening the permanent access of patients to treatment. Prices for new treatments against cancer have doubled over the past 10 years and now are usually between USD 6000 and USD 10,000 per month, this increase is often not correlated with reimbursement and implemented public health benefits. According to various authors, these results lead to debate whether the cost differences between EU countries and the US for the treatment of oncologic diseases are transformed into improved outcomes for patients, and must also take into account key factors such as lifestyle, late diagnosis, and management approach for treatment, reimbursement of oncology treatment and control of various institutions on spending.

The Cost of Oncology Medicines

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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Cancer as a financial value is one of the most expensive diseases. Costs, including the cost of new cancer drugs, are increasing at an unsustainable rate,...

The Cost of Oncology Medicines

Publicado en línea: 29 may 2017

Páginas: 22 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2017-0004

Palabras clave
pharmacotherapy cost, oncologic diseases, cancer, treatment

© 2017 A. Zlatareva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Cost of Oncology Medicines

Publicado en línea: 29 may 2017

Páginas: 22 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2017-0004

Palabras clavepharmacotherapy cost, oncologic diseases, cancer, treatment

© 2017 A. Zlatareva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
pharmacotherapy cost, oncologic diseases, cancer, treatment