Table 6. Cost of adverse events (£s 2002).

	Capecitabine	UFT	Mayo	MdG	de Gramount
Consultations and hospitalisations	455	1162	586	139	139
Drug treatment of adverse events	41	17	153	33	33
Line complications				48
Total cost	£656	£1240	£867	£220	£173
Cost per 28 day cycle	£131	£326	£170	£29	£22

Sources: For capecitabine and Mayo regimens taken from Twelves et al, for UFT/LV taken from Roche (2002) and Pazdur et al (1999). For MdG and de Gramount taken from Lloyd-Jones et al (2001) and Cheeseman et al (2002) except for line complications James R, Mid Kent Oncology Centre, Maidstone, personal communication, 2002).