1842-1843 / 1983
Costs of palliative RT
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Different treatment modalities
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Hillner et al
JCO 2000
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Oral pamidronate US$ 775 per month
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Prevent SRE US$ 3940 chemo vs $ 9390 hormonal
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Swedish Council
Acta Oncol 1996
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RT US$ 2000 per patient
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Ferrel et al
J.Pain Sympt.Man 1994
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Oral analgesics US$ 1000 per patient / month
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Parenteral US$ 4000
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Macklis et al
Am.J.Clin.Onc 1998
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RT US$ 1200-2500 vs narcotics $9000 – 36000
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Stevens et al
Austral.Rad. 1997
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RT costs per month survival AUS$ 105