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>Just the cost is almost twice that of a standard, expensive cancer treatment. When you say that, do you mean one round of treatment or the whole treatment reg

>Just the cost is almost twice that of a standard, expensive cancer treatment. When you say that, do you mean one round of treatment or the whole treatment regimen? My mother passed from cancer recently, and no joke: One round of chemo cost as much as a luxury car, at least a five figure sum; and in her case it was one round every one or twk weeks depending on her condition and schedule. The only reason we could afford it was because she was elderly and had Medicare and good insurance otherwise.

greedo 3y ago
The link he used for cancer costs seems to exclude surgical costs. It also has some questionable hypotheticals, like: If a cancer patient requires four chemo sessions a year, it could cost them up to $48,000 total, which is beyond the average annual income. I, like your mother, had treatments weekly unless my white cell count was too low, or my weight loss for the week too low.