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Table 3 Mean 5-year net costs of care by tumour site*

From: Phase-specific and lifetime costs of cancer care in Ontario, Canada

Tumour Site

% alive after diagnosis

Undiscounted costs, $ (95 % CI)

5-year discounted costs at 5 %, $ (95 % CI)

Year 1

Year 5

Year 1

Year 5

Males

  Head and neck

82.4

56.9

$25,127 ($25,112–$25,141)

$44,305 ($44,270–$44,340)

$42,336 ($42,303–$42,369)

  Esophagus

43.0

13.4

$38,833 ($38,814–$38,852)

$49,260 ($49,230–$49,291)

$48,348 ($48,319–$48,378)

  Gastric

50.9

20.3

$33,633 ($33,611–$33,654)

$44,852 ($44,819–$44,885)

$43,887 ($43,855–$43,919)

  Colorectal

84.1

55.8

$27,149 ($27,140–$27,158)

$46,892 ($46,872–$46,913)

$44,874 ($44,855–$44,893)

  Liver

54.5

25.0

$21,044 ($21,022–$21,067)

$35,020 ($34,981–$35,059)

$33,680 ($33,643–$33,718)

  Pancreas

29.5

7.7

$28,067 ($28,054–$28,080)

$34,181 ($34,161–$34,202)

$33,661 ($33,641–$33,681)

  Lung

43.1

15.3

$22,468 ($22,463–$22,473)

$29,788 ($29,780–$29,797)

$29,150 ($29,142–$29,159)

  Melanoma

94.0

75.5

$8171 ($8153–$8188)

$23,022 ($22,981–$23,063)

$21,440 ($21,401–$21,478)

  Prostate

96.9

83.9

$11,267 ($11,262–$11,271)

$30,322 ($30,308–$30,336)

$28,219 ($28,206–$28,232)

  Bladder

84.6

58.2

$16,678 ($16,660–$16,697)

$31,776 ($31,736–$31,815)

$30,223 ($30,186–$30,260)

  Renal

83.6

65.8

$20,613 ($20,597–$20,629)

$33,853 ($33,817–$33,890)

$32,500 ($32,466–$32,535)

  Brain

49.2

20.1

$29,142 ($29,131–$29,154)

$39,489 ($39,460–$39,518)

$38,370 ($38,343–$38,397)

  Lymphoma

84.7

66.2

$25,830 ($25,815–$25,845)

$50,085 ($50,048–$50,122)

$47,540 ($47,506–$47,574)

  Myeloma

79.5

40.1

$31,938 ($31,908–$31,967)

$68,056 ($67,997–$68,115)

$64,414 ($64,358–$64,470)

  Leukemia

79.3

58.2

$30,642 ($30,622–$30,662)

$59,335 ($59,292–$59,378)

$56,420 ($56,380–$56,461)

  Thyroid

96.7

91.6

$12,153 ($12,138–$12,168)

$26,361 ($26,309–$26,413)

$24,789 ($24,742–$24,837)

  Testis

98.6

96.2

$14,010 ($13,993–$14,027)

$24,049 ($23,996–$24,103)

$22,919 ($22,870–$22,968)

  All other tumour sites

72.6

47.4

$22,525 ($22,515–$22,535)

$38,459 ($38,436–$38,482)

$36,868 ($36,846–$36,890)

Females

  Head and neck

80.8

57.9

$25,254 ($25,222–$25,285)

$47,882 ($47,811–$47,953)

$45,474 ($45,407–$45,540)

  Esophagus

41.6

16.3

$37,896 ($37,870–$37,922)

$47,490 ($47,440–$47,540)

$46,638 ($46,590–$46,685)

  Gastric

49.9

24.5

$31,748 ($31,731–$31,766)

$41,482 ($41,442–$41,522)

$40,601 ($40,563–$40,639)

  Colorectal

83.7

58.1

$25,849 ($25,837–$25,861)

$44,187 ($44,160–$44,213)

$42,303 ($42,278–$42,328)

  Liver

54.5

21.1

$18,394 ($18,340–$18,448)

$29,933 ($29,829–$30,036)

$28,846 ($28,747–$28,944)

  Pancreas

29.9

7.6

$28,940 ($28,925–$28,956)

$35,610 ($35,584–$35,635)

$35,017 ($34,992–$35,041)

  Lung

50.7

21.6

$21,909 ($21,901–$21,918)

$31,010 ($30,996–$31,025)

$30,184 ($30,170–$30,197)

  Melanoma

96.1

84.8

$6717 ($6701–$6734)

$21,533 ($21,487–$21,578)

$19,907 ($19,865–$19,949)

  Female breast

96.6

81.8

$15,752 ($15,745–$15,758)

$40,543 ($40,526–$40,560)

$37,821 ($37,805–$37,837)

  Corpus uteri

94.5

81.8

$14,284 ($14,270–$14,298)

$27,818 ($27,777–$27,859)

$26,345 ($26,307–$26,383)

  Cervix

90.5

73.3

$18,160 ($18,148–$18,172)

$30,815 ($30,774–$30,857)

$29,495 ($29,457–$29,533)

  Ovary

82.1

45.5

$25,740 ($25,723–$25,757)

$42,352 ($42,314–$42,391)

$40,734 ($40,698–$40,770)

  Bladder

77.5

52.5

$17,567 ($17,533–$17,602)

$34,625 ($34,552–$34,698)

$32,864 ($32,795–$32,932)

  Renal

85.5

70.2

$21,281 ($21,253–$21,310)

$36,096 ($36,038–$36,154)

$34,546 ($34,491–$34,601)

  Brain

48.7

24.9

$32,686 ($32,672–$32,700)

$45,533 ($45,500–$45,566)

$44,293 ($44,262–$44,323)

  Lymphoma

87.4

70.5

$21,451 ($21,425–$21,477)

$43,729 ($43,671–$43,787)

$41,338 ($41,283–$41,392)

  Myeloma

79.9

40.0

$31,650 ($31,613–$31,686)

$68,302 ($68,233–$68,371)

$64,672 ($64,606–$64,737)

  Leukemia

78.1

58.2

$32,326 ($32,304–$32,348)

$61,659 ($61,603–$61,715)

$58,597 ($58,544–$58,649)

  Thyroid

98.9

97.2

$10,976 ($10,968–$10,984)

$24,644 ($24,610–$24,677)

$23,100 ($23,070–$23,130)

  All other tumour sites

70.9

47.6

$22,558 ($22,543–$22,573)

$38,678 ($38,645–$38,710)

$37,056 ($37,025–$37,087)

  1. * Phase-specific net cost of care estimates were applied to 5-year survival probabilities among cancer patients diagnosed 1997–2007. All cost estimates are in 2009 dollars
  2. Data sources: Ontario Cancer Registry data (survival), and Cancer Care Ontario and administrative health data housed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (mean net costs by phase of care)