This document summarizes cancer incidence and spending trends globally:
- Cancer incidence rates vary significantly between more and less developed regions, with higher rates of lung and colorectal cancer in more developed areas and higher rates of liver and gastric cancer in less developed areas.
- Oncology drug spending has grown substantially, reaching $91 billion globally in 2013, still dominated by the US and major EU markets.
- The average monthly cost of branded cancer drugs in the US nearly doubled from 2003-2013, with some individual drugs costing over $30,000 per month.