Florida Breast Cancer Foundation

Cost of Cancer

It is estimated by the National Cancer Institute that approximately $8.1 billion is spent in the United States each year on treatment of breast cancer.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate overall costs for all cancers in 2007 at $219.2 billion: $89.0 billion for direct medical costs and $130.2 billion for lost productivity due to illness and premature death.

NIH’s total funding for all cancer research in FY 2007 was $5,643 million.
Funding for breast cancer research was $707 million (a decrease of $11 million over last FY.)

NIH’s funding in FY 2007 for the four most common types of cancer, compared to the respective mortality rate: