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. 2023 Jun 26;23:590. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10956-6

Table 3.

Aggregated costs (in 2022€) for diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic procedures. All Women receive intensified surveillance for breast cancer as standard care. Prophylactic surgeries, initial treatment and palliative care are assumed to occur only once at a one-time cost. Follow-up costs are annual costs over 5 and 10 years after cancer diagnosis for ovarian and breast cancer, respectively. All costs are based on the published literature [21]

Procedure Costs (in 2022€)
Standard care and prophylactic surgeries
Standard care (intensified surveillance for breast cancer) * 608
PBM § 9,032
PBSO § 3,099
PBM + PBSO§ 12,131
Initial cancer treatment (surgery, drugs, radiotherapy etc.) §
Breast cancer (pT1-pT3) (incl. standard care) 20,092
 After PBM 14,333
 After PBSO 20,092
 After PBM + PBSO 14,333
Breast cancer (metastatic) (incl. standard care) 30,623
 After PBM 24,865
 After PBSO 30,623
 After PBM + PBSO 24,865
Ovarian cancer (non-advanced FIGO I-II) (incl. standard care) 13,666
 After PBM 13,666
 After PBSO 11,280
 After PBM and PBSO 11,280
Ovarian cancer (advanced FIGO III-IV) (incl. standard care) 35,052
 After PBM 35,052
 After PBSO 32,666
 After PBM and PBSO 32,666
Palliative care costs §
 Metastatic/end stage breast cancer 12,103
 Metastatic/end stage ovarian cancer 12,103
Annual follow-up costs
Breast cancer (incl. Standard care); 10 years of follow up*
 pT1 595
 pT2 652
 pT3 589
 pT4 686
 pT1 after PBM 443
 pT2 after PBM 500
 pT3 after PBM 437
 pT4 after PBM 534
 pT1 after PBSO 595
 pT2 after PBSO 652
 pT3 after PBSO 589
 pT4 after PBSO 686
 pT1 after PBM and PBSO 443
 pT2 after PBM and PBSO 500
 pT3 after PBM and PBSO 437
 pT4 after PBM and PBSO 534
Ovarian cancer (incl. Standard care); 5 years of follow up*
 Non-advanced (FIGO I + II) 1,356
 Advanced (FIGO III + IV) 2,389
 Non-advanced (FIGO I + II) after PBM 1,052
 Advanced (FIGO III + IV) after PBM 2,085
 Non-advanced (FIGO I + II) after PBSO 1,214
 Advanced (FIGO III + IV) after PBSO 2,246
 Non-advanced (FIGO I + II) after PBM and PBSO 910
 Advanced (FIGO III + IV) after PBM and PBSO 1,942

FIGO I-IV: ovarian cancer stage FIGO grade 1–4; incl.: including; PBM: Prophylactic bilateral mastectomy; PBSO: Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; pT1-4: breast cancer stage grade pT1-pT4

*annual costs

§ one-time costs