Also, as NY Magazine points out: "Moreover, virtually none of the newer drugs extends survival without being used with other chemotherapy, usually 5-FU, which currently costs about $30 per treatment. The IV apparatus, Saltz says, is probably more expensive than the drug."

The chemotherapy apparatus, administration, and care is very costly. Dr. Saltz estimates that the Zaltrap treatment in obligatory combination with a "drug cocktail" and chemo regimen would cost over $50,000 per month!