Table 3.

Direct cost per patient by treatment approach

Surgery			Chemotherapy			Palliative care
Pasquali et al. [27]	34,117		Pasquali et al. [27]	14,414		Walczak et al. [35]	3,270
Hjelmgren et al. [30]	29,339		Aristides et al. [28]	4,025		Ljungman et al. [37]	26,196
Tingstedt et al. [34]	23,142		Walczak et al. [35]	41,082		Cucchetti et al. [39]	2,876
Ljungman et al. [37]	56,314		Carrato et al. [38]	14,397		Aronsson et al. [44]	15,198
Cucchetti et al. [39]	11,781		Gharaibeh et al. [40]	15,706		Mujica-Mota et al. [48]	16,719
Gurusamy et al. [43]	8,774		Lazzaro et al. [47]	15,991		Average	12,852
Aronsson et al. [44]	52,428		Mujica-Mota et al. [48]	45,528
Average	30,842		Average	21,592