Table 4.

Cost estimation per category of breast cancer treatment

	Costs (US dollars)
Category	Mean	SD	Median	Range
Diagnosis	16.02	4.93	16.00	6.9–33.20
Treatment
Surgery	82.35	31.82	83.00	0.0–235.70
Chemotherapy	476.48	752.81	379.40	0.0–3772.7
Radiation therapy	22.87	37.57	9.00	0.0–300.60
Hormone therapy	4.25	15.20	0.00	0.0–109.60
Other (supportive medication)	4.50	14.34	0.00	0.0–93.10
Inpatient fee	26.38	12.17	24.60	0.0–88.10
Initial treatment cost	632.85	754.54	509.00	11.7–3955.4
Costs for follow-up care
Supportive treatment	14.06	75.08	0.00	0.0–634.10
Cost for follow-up care	342.18	259.25	409.20	0.0–901.70
Total cost for follow-up care	356.24	260.09	429.40	0.0–901.70
5-Year total cost for treatment course	975.01	730.79	844.20	11.7–3955.4
Annual treatment costs	195.00	146.16	168.80	2.3–791.10

SD, standard deviation; costs are adjusted for inflation to the year 2010; discount rate=3%; exchange rate in July 2010: 1 USD=18,544 VND.