. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer …

For decades, there has been a heated debate about whether or not nuclear power plants contribute to childhood cancer in …

inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what extent this may be driven by differential access to and utilization of high … quality treatment options. Quasi-experimental evidence based on the establishment of regional cancer wards indicates that i …

The number of drugs approved by the FDA for treating cancer has increased substantially during the last 40 years …. Moreover, cancer drug innovation has been accelerating: more than 8 times as many new cancer drugs were approved during 2005 …-2015 as were approved during 1975-1985 (66 vs. 8). During the period 2010-2014, the average annual growth rate of cancer drug …

negative economic effects through transfers to affected families? We study these questions by combining the universe of cancer … substantially for 3-4 years following a child's cancer diagnosis. Fathers' incomes recover fully, but mothers' incomes remain 3 …

We investigate the effects of radiation therapy on the mortality and economic outcomes of breast cancer patients. We …