1844-1845 / 1983
What drives the cost of palliative RT
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Case: man with hormone refractory prostate cancer
1. Pain medication
2. Chemotherapy (trial on mitoxantrone + prednison)
3. Radiotherapy
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SF 1 x 8 Gy, MF 10 x 3 Gy
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Retreatments included
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For each treatment -> based on literature data
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Model entering -> transition probabilities
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Costs calculations
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Utilities calculations
Konski RedJ 2004