EBRO 2017

Costs of palliative RT

• Different treatment modalities • Hillner et al

JCO 2000

• Oral pamidronate US$ 775 per month • Prevent SRE US$ 3940 chemo vs $ 9390 hormonal • Swedish Council

Acta Oncol 1996

• RT US$ 2000 per patient

• Ferrel et al

J.Pain Sympt.Man 1994

• Oral analgesics US$ 1000 per patient / month • Parenteral US$ 4000 • Macklis et al • RT US$ 1200-2500 vs narcotics $9000 – 36000 • Stevens et al

Am.J.Clin.Onc 1998

Austral.Rad. 1997

• RT costs per month survival AUS$ 105