Costs of Breast Cancer Drugs Miscellaneous Personal Statement
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In spite of high mortality rates, the current treatment in the form of chemo-therapy is expensive, running up to $ 29,000 per month, even though such drug-therapy only retards the spread of the cancer, not eradicate it.The costs of better and improved drugs such as Avastin are even more, at $ 92,000. Pharmaceutical companies justify these costs on the grounds that they have to recover their investment on research and development. However, it would be a shame if countless women were to be denied the benefit of life-saving, non-invasive, drug therapy simply because they can not afford it.