The costs of cancer
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Cancer is Australia’s leading cause of burden of disease (years of life lost to premature death and disability). Cancer accounts for 19 per cent of Australia’s total burden of disease; of which the direct health care costs of alone total $3.8 billion a year. Because of the impact of chronic diseases such as cancer on life, work and the economy in Australia, we now have a National Health Priority outlining five major chronic dis...
Published 16 August, 2010 | Updated 24 November, 2015