Table 3.

Cost and affordability of chemotherapy medicines needed to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Disease	Duration of chemotherapy (weeks)	Total medicine cost using MSG prices (INR)	Total medicine cost using MSG prices (US$)	Days’ wages needed to pay for treatment medicines	Total medicine cost using maximum retail price (INR)	Total medicine cost using maximum retail price (US$)	Days’ wages needed to pay for treatment medicines
Standard-risk BCP ALL	120	27 850	442	88	31 651	502	100
High-risk BCP ALL	125	71 428	1134	225	77 476	1230	244
Early stage HL	16	17 500	278	55	21 364	339	67
Advanced stage HL	24	26 250	417	83	32 046	509	101

BCP ALL, B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; HL, Hodgkin’s lymphoma; MSG, most-sold generic.