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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Feb 2;17(4):953–958. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-0919-1

TABLE 3.

Base-case results by tumor stage and respective metastasis rate

Tumor
stage
Metastasis
rate
US/
FNA
Standard of
care
Incremental
cost
T1 15% $10,584 $10,531 $53
T2 41% $11,214 $11,311 −$97
T3 + T4 75% $12,038 $12,331 −$293
All stages 30% $10,947 $10,983 −$36