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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Oct 27;74(2):440–446. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.08.015

Table 1.

Probabilities, hazard ratios, and utilities used in this study. Years refers to the years in which the probabilities apply. Tamoxifen hazard ratios are relative to no hormonal therapy. PBI hazard ratios for local recurrence (LR) and elsewhere failure (EF) are relative to WBRT. Costs are expressed in US2004$.

Event Years Baseline Value Range Studied Reference

Probabilities

NED ⇒ IBTR 0–5 6.7% (5-year) 2%–20% 9
6–10 3.3% (5-year) 2–5%
11–15 0 --

IBTR ⇒ Metastasis 0–15 20% (10-year) 10–40% 20

NED ⇒ Metastasis 0–10 11% (10-year) 5–20% 21
11–15 6.7% (5-year) --

Metastasis ⇒ Death 0–15 32.8% (1-year) -- 22

% failures that are local 0–5 93% 50–93% 16
6–10 62% 50–75%
11–15 N/A --

Hazard ratios

Tamoxifen Distant HR 0–5 0.64 -- 9
6–10 0.69 --
11–15 1 --

Tamoxifen IBTR HR 0–5 0.47 -- 9
6–10 0.69 --
11–15 1 --

PBI LR HR 0–5 1 0.75–2.0 --
6–10 1 0.75–2.0
11–15 1 --

PBI EF HR 0–5 3 2–4 --
6–10 1 1–3
11–15 1 --

Utilities

NED-WBRT 0–15 0.92 -- 10

NED-PBI 0–5 0.92 0.92–0.96 --
6–15 0.92 0.88–0.96

Well after salvage mastectomy 0–15 0.82 -- 10

Distant metastasis 0–15 0.62 -- 5

Disutility of tamoxifen 0–10 0.05 0–0.05 12

Costs

PBI-External Beam 0 $7,900 -- 2

PBI-MammoSite 0 $18,800 -- 2

WBRT 0 $11,190 -- 2

Treatment of local recurrence Total $20,879 -- 23

Treatment of metastases Total $13,627 -- 23