Cost analysis comparing brachytherapy versus surgery for primary carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa and/or soft palate

Longitudinal changes in quality of life and costs in long-term survivors of tumors of the oropharynx treated with brachytherapy or surgery

“…Costs were based on 2001 pricings and stated in euros (V). For a detailed description of the cost calculation the reader is referred to Nijdam et al's work (10,12).…”

“…For the calculation of costs per life year, we used the cost calculation as mentioned above as a base, using the actual survival data for this patient group, which has been reported earlier (10,12). To determine costs per life year, one needs (1) date of diagnosis, (2) date of relapse, and (3) date of death.…”

“…In our institute, a function preserving protocol was designed and initiated in 1991, consisting of conventional EBRT and BT, or with surgery and PORT (10). Eligible for this protocol were patients with (1) early-and intermediate-staged (T1e3(4)N0,þ) cancers of the tonsil and soft palate, and (2) T1e4N0,þ cancers of the base of tongue (BOT).…”

“…In the future, however, a gain in quality of life (QoL) and effectiveness can be expected, given the current rapid development in relevant technology that enables the implementation of (even better) sparing techniques. These sophistications in technology undoubtedly increase the total costs of future treatments (2,10,11).…”

A Cost and Benefit Study of Esophagectomy for Patients with Esophageal Cancer

“…However, most of them were more interesting in discussing results of different treatment methods, follow-up protocols, or both. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Till now, there are only a few literatures which had discussed about the potentially large medical expense in treating esophageal cancer patients. [16][17] For the era of limited medical budget, appropriate selection of treatment strategies should include the consideration of treatment expense.…”