EBRO 2017

What drives the cost of palliative RT • Case: man with hormone refractory prostate cancer 1. Pain medication 2. Chemotherapy (trial on mitoxantrone + prednison) 3. Radiotherapy

• SF 1 x 8 Gy, MF 10 x 3 Gy • Retreatments included

• For each treatment -> based on literature data • Model entering -> transition probabilities • Costs calculations • Utilities calculations

Konski RedJ 2004