Cancer Costs European Union 170 Billion Dollars Annually

Medindia Health News Medindia largest health website in india. // via fulltextrssfeed.com

Make Money From Your Roof We are paying to help homeowners profit from producing solar power. Find out if your home qualifies for our program today. Sign up! From our sponsors

Cancer Costs European Union 170 Billion Dollars Annually Oct 14th 2013, 06:14 The bill mainly comprised 51 billion euros in costs for health-scare systems, including drugs; 23 billion euros in unpaid care provided by friends and relatives of people with cancer; and 52 billion euros in lost productivity due to premature deaths and illness. Britain, France, Germany and Italy accounted for most than two-thirds of the cost. Four types of cancer -- breast, colorectal, lung and prostate -- contributed to around half of all new cancer diagnoses and deaths. Lung cancer had the highest overall cost, of 18.8 billion euros, and was also responsible for the biggest loss of productivity. The analysis should be useful for policymakers weighing decisions on where to allocate research funds, drugs and human resources, said researcher Ramon Luengo-Fernandez of the University of Oxford. The study appears in The Lancet Oncology. Source-AFP

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions