Table 5.

Comparison of transportation costs for breast and prostate cancer patients at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH) in Durban, South Africa.

	Conventional fractionation (Rand)	Hypofractionation (Rand)	Estimated Transportation Cost Savings (Rand; % of monthly adjusted net national income per capita)
Breast Cancer	11,936	7,165	4,771 (72%)
Prostate Cancer	18,948	9,474	9,474 (143%)

Hypofractionation is 15 visits for breast cancer and 20 visits for prostate cancer. Conventional fractionation is 25 visits for breast cancer and 40 visits for prostate cancer. Costs are given in the South African currency Rand.