I can understand not wanting to know the stats etc. Me, I want to learn as much about it as I can. I just recently found out that the oncologists purchase the chemo drugs and sell them to the patients/clinics at a large profit. Interesting:

"Unlike other drugs, chemotherapeutics are bought and sold in the doctor's office � a practice that originated 40 years ago, when only oncologists would handle such toxic substances and the drugs were relatively cheap. A business model evolved in which oncologists bought low and sold high to support their practice and maximize financial margins."

"Oncologists buy drugs from wholesalers, mark them up, and sell them to patients (or insurers) in the office. Since medical oncology is a cognitive specialty lacking associated procedures, without drug sales, oncologists' salaries would be lower than geriatricians'. In recent decades, oncology-drug prices have skyrocketed, and today more than half the revenue of an oncology office may come from chemotherapy sales, which boost oncologists' salaries and support expanding hospital cancer centers."

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1109772

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/752801

Last edited by Ron Silver; 09-16-2014 06:40 AM.

Tonsil Stage 4
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