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By Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD, and Leonard Zwelling, MD, MBA  / February 1, 2013

Cost of Cancer Drugs: What Price for What Benefit?

In 2011, national health-care spending in the United States was about $2.7 trillion, larger than the entire French national budget.1 U.S. national health-care spending is about 17% of the national gross domestic product. Total Medicare expenditures in 2011 were $549 million.2 In the debate about...