How much is all kinds of cancer treatment?

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29% of cancer survivors are in cancer diagnosis, treatment or long-term treatment, and many people already know about the basic treatment methods. According to the survey results, 21% of cancer survivors are worried about paying a large amount of medical expenses, 11.5% of them are unable to pay for medical care, 7.6% of them have borrowed money or are in debt, and 1.5% of them declare bankruptcy, 8.6% had experienced other economic sacrifices for cancer treatment. In order to avoid this situation, let's talk about the cost of various types of cancer treatment?.

How much is all kinds of cancer treatment?

First, many cancer patients and survivors are worried about the high cost of cancer-related treatment, so they will not go or delay to see a doctor or miss the follow-up. With the upgrading of medical costs, even the outer packaging will increase the costs. Now, on average, treatment-related costs per cancer patient are estimated to be $1730 to $4727 per year, depending on how much insurance each person has.

Second: 29% of cancer survivors experienced financial difficulties at least once after cancer diagnosis, treatment or long-term treatment. According to the results of the survey, 21% of cancer survivors were worried about paying a large amount of medical expenses, 11.5% were unable to pay for medical care, 7.6% had borrowed money or owed money, 1.5% declared bankruptcy, and 8.6% had experienced other economic sacrifices for cancer treatment.

Third, these economic difficulties affect their quality of life, mental and physical health, and the risk of depression and mental illness increases. They are more worried about the recurrence of their cancer than those who do not have financial difficulties. Moreover, the more serious the economic problems, the greater the impact on their quality of life.

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Financial burden: defined as the patient has borrowed money, declared bankruptcy, worried about paying large medical expenses, unable to meet the health care follow-up or made other financial sacrifices.