than $8,000 per person and productivity losses of $3,700 compared with males without a history of cancer at $3,900 and $2,300, respectively.


During the same time, female cancer


survivors had $8,400 in annual medi- cal costs per person and $4,000 in pro- ductivity losses compared with females without a history of cancer at $5,100 and $2,700, respectively. Study findings indicate:


       be female, to be non-Hispanic white, to have multiple chronic conditions, or to be in fair or poor health.


     about 75 percent of lost productivity among cancer survivors.


      time of their diagnosis, cancer and its treatment interfered with physical       - most 25 percent of cancer survivors     


The report also found about 10 per- cent of survivors aged 65 years and  have a larger financial burden compared with survivors with some source of pay- ment for medical services. The full report, Medical Costs and


Productivity Losses of Cancer Survivors — United States, 2008–2011, is available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr.


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