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Table 4 Mean lifetime (25-year) net costs of care by tumour site*

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

Tumour Site

Undiscounted costs, $ (95 % CI)

Discounted costs at 5 %, $ (95 % CI)

Males

  Head and neck

$83,700 ($83,627–$83,774)

$66,249 ($66,194–$66,305)

  Esophagus

$77,260 ($77,210–$77,311)

$69,048 ($69,005–$69,092)

  Gastric

$73,490 ($73,435–$73,545)

$64,624 ($64,578–$64,670)

  Colorectal

$86,536 ($86,494–$86,579)

$68,686 ($68,654–$68,718)

  Liver

$60,501 ($60,435–$60,567)

$51,587 ($51,531–$51,643)

  Pancreas

$65,495 ($65,458–$65,531)

$57,666 ($57,635–$57,697)

  Lung

$52,356 ($52,341–$52,371)

$46,041 ($46,029–$46,054)

  Melanoma

$60,591 ($60,490–$60,693)

$42,224 ($42,153–$42,296)

  Prostate

$79,147 ($79,110–$79,184)

$56,156 ($56,129–$56,182)

  Bladder

$64,729 ($64,646–$64,811)

$50,036 ($49,973–$50,098)

  Renal

$68,757 ($68,673–$68,840)

$53,992 ($53,930–$54,054)

  Brain

$100,364 ($100,287–$100,441)

$88,322 ($88,258–$88,386)

  Lymphoma

$114,574 ($114,484–$114,665)

$85,723 ($85,657–$85,788)

  Myeloma

$118,255 ($118,156–$118,354)

$96,847 ($96,766–$96,929)

  Leukemia

$128,641 ($128,548–$128,734)

$99,506 ($99,436–$99,576)

  Thyroid

$84,113 ($83,918–$84,308)

$54,921 ($54,799–$55,043)

  Testis

$75,458 ($75,238–$75,678)

$48,550 ($48,417–$48,683)

  All other tumour sites

$76,634 ($76,584–$76,683)

$61,520 ($61,483–$61,558)

Females

  Head and neck

$95,704 ($95,558–$95,850)

$74,332 ($74,220–$74,443)

  Esophagus

$76,240 ($76,148–$76,332)

$67,714 ($67,638–$67,790)

  Gastric

$70,738 ($70,654–$70,821)

$61,429 ($61,364–$61,494)

  Colorectal

$83,535 ($83,480–$83,591)

$65,944 ($65,902–$65,986)

  Liver

$50,349 ($50,175–$50,523)

$43,221 ($43,076–$43,366)

  Pancreas

$67,424 ($67,377–$67,472)

$59,192 ($59,152–$59,232)

  Lung

$52,940 ($52,916–$52,964)

$46,198 ($46,177–$46,218)

  Melanoma

$70,249 ($70,108–$70,390)

$45,730 ($45,637–$45,823)

  Female breast

$110,346 ($110,300–$110,392)

$76,113 ($76,081–$76,144)

  Corpus uteri

$70,587 ($70,471–$70,703)

$49,841 ($49,762–$49,921)

  Cervix

$69,230 ($69,094–$69,367)

$50,208 ($50,119–$50,296)

  Ovary

$70,831 ($70,754–$70,908)

$58,433 ($58,374–$58,492)

  Bladder

$75,617 ($75,459–$75,775)

$57,430 ($57,312–$57,548)

  Renal

$76,638 ($76,511–$76,766)

$59,183 ($59,088–$59,279)

  Brain

$107,188 ($107,101–$107,274)

$80,728 ($80,672–$80,784)

  Lymphoma

$107,514 ($107,371–$107,656)

$77,860 ($77,758–$77,961)

  Myeloma

$119,958 ($119,845–$120,072)

$97,988 ($97,894–$98,082)

  Leukemia

$138,749 ($138,617–$138,881)

$106,112 ($106,015–$106,208)

  Thyroid

$86,781 ($86,633–$86,929)

$54,625 ($54,537–$54,714)

  All other tumour sites

$80,820 ($80,748–$80,891)

$63,505 ($63,451–$63,558)

  1. * Phase-specific net cost of care estimates were applied to 25-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)