The Cost of Living / Exprimir (los bolsillos) antes de morir...de cancer.

(Photo: Illustrations by Remie Geoffroi)

• Avastin, $5,000/month 
• Zaltrap, $11,000/month 
• Yervoy, $39,000/month 
• Provenge, $93,000/course of treatment 
• Erbitux, $8,400/month 
• Gleevec, $92,000/year 
• Tasigna, $115,000/year 
• Sprycel, $123,000/year  

The Cost of Living

New drugs could extend cancer patients’ lives—by days. At a cost of thousands and thousands of dollars. Prompting some doctors to refuse to use them.

• By Stephen S. Hall 

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