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In order to examine the relationship between stage at initial diagnosis and management costs for cervical cancer, a detailed cost audit over 5 years was conducted on a sample of patients diagnosed in 1990 in one U.K. region. The mean costs of managing pre-invasive carcinoma ((L)386) were found to be significantly lower than those of stage 1 invasive carcinoma ((L)6623) and both were lower than the costs of invasive cancer at stages 2-4 ((L)10910, (L)10579 and (L)11035, respectively). A comparison of management costs for cervical cancer with those of breast cancer by stage revealed both that the former are invariably higher and that the cost-by-stage profiles for the two diseases are dissimilar.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00232-9

Type

Journal article

Journal

European Journal of Cancer

Publication Date

01/11/1998

Volume

34

Pages

1889 - 1893