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Table 2 Costs of screening, diagnostics and treatment

From: Cost-effectiveness of MRI for breast cancer screening in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers

Screening and diagnostics

Cost ($)

95% CI

 MRI screen

277

196-376

 Bilateral mammogram

95

55-146

 Diagnostic work-up

187

106-292

Total treatment cost

Cost ($)

95% CI*

 In Situ

3,427

1,713-5,140

 Local

10,940

1,997-27,335

 Regional

23,612

5,075-56,124

 Distant

15,645

4,171-34,561

 Progression (end of life)

26,704

11,851-47,489

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval.
  2. * Patient-level total costs were fitted to gamma distributions to generate 95% CI.