Cost-effectiveness evaluation of risk-based breast cancer screening in Urban Hebei Province.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the implementations of Cancer Screening Program in Urban Hebei and to model the cost-effectiveness of a risk-based breast Cancer Screening Program. Women aged 40-74 years were invited to participate the Cancer Screening Program in Urban Hebei form 2016 to 2020 by completing questionnaires to collect information about breast cancer exposure. Clinical screening including ultrasound and mammography examination were performed. We developed a Markov model to estimate the lifetime costs and benefits, in terms of quality-adjusted life years (QALY), of a high-risk breast Cancer Screening Program. Nine screening strategies and no screening were included in the study. The age-specific incidence, transition probability data and lifetime treatment costs were derived and adopted from other

SUBMITTER: Shi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature