Modeling optimal combination of breast and cervical cancer screening strategies in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast and cervical cancers are the commonest cancers among women. Secondary prevention of cancer through screening minimizes disease burden and improves survival outcomes. Optimizing screening strategies for breast and cervical cancers is a challenge in resource-limited settings with a high population density such as China. Therefore, we aimed at assessing the efficiency of different combined screening strategies for breast and cervical cancers under different budgets in China.

Methods

Markov cohort model was used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 36 strategy combinations for breast and cervical cancer screening with varying screening modality and intervals. The results were used as inputs in the Integer Programming (IP) model to determine the combination of

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11807319 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature