Oncologists Take On Rising Costs disease’s cost is skyrocketing, too. $11.1 billion U.S. News & World Report found average cancer patient $32.6 billion average cancer patient cost of newly approved cancer treatments Oncologists Worry About Rising Costs of Cancer Treatment costs of cancer treatment $11.1 billion tens of thousands of dollars $10,000 a month $10,000 a month según la Sociedad Americana de Oncología Drugs only consume about a quarter of cancer costs average cancer patient U.S. News World Report $10,000 a month cancer drugs $10,000 a month cost of the cure costs of cancer treatment $32.6 billion