These cancer patients write their own story
They hurt. They weep. They fly. They soar above the thunderheads. They plunge back to earth. They hold fast to their lovers and their children. They bruise. They burn. They heal. Cancer is not a...
Tag: financial toxicity
Cancer costs: Marketing and myth busting
More than half of cancer drugs approved in recent years may not be helping patients to live longer. Meanwhile, the average price of cancer drugs has been increasing by 10 percent annually for more...
Unmasking the cost of cancer drug development
Cancer drug R&D spending may be a fraction of the estimate cited by the biopharmaceutical industry. The average price of anticancer drugs has been rising by about 10 percent annually in...
Old cancer drugs, spendy new prices
Prices of older cancer drugs are rising much more steeply than those of newer drugs, according to a study co-authored by an OHSU oncologist. Using Medicare data available for Part B, the...