ABSTRACT
The costs of healthcare are increasing world over and medical spending in developed (Kennedy et al., 2009) and developing nations is increasingly consuming a major share of the gross domestic product (GDP); unfortunately, the underprivileged classes, which constitute a major chunk of the population, continue to have limited or no access to modern healthcare facilities. The cost-bene t and cost-effectiveness issues in herbal medicine for the treatment of disease in general (Herman et al., 2005; MacLennan et al., 2006; Kennedy et al., 2009), and cancer in particular, are important from the perspective of patients, physicians, and policymakers alike.
