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. 2013 Sep 2;13:399. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-399

Table 1.

Model parameters values and references: base case and sensitivity analysis

  Base case Sensitivity analysis References
Parameter
 
Lower limit
Upper limit
 
Kidney cancer incidence 40+ (per 100,000)
19.8
17.82
21.78
[22]
RCC incidence (over kidney cancer incidence)
90%
85%
95%
[24,25]
RCC incidence at diagnosis (over RCC incidence)
20%
15%
25%
[24,25]
RCC mortality (localized disease)
1.66%
1.49%
1.83%
[23]
Transition to advanced RCC (year 1)
13.18%
11.86%
14.49%
[20]
Transition to advanced RCC (years 2 and 3)
4.57%
4.11%
5.02%
[20]
Transition to advanced RCC (years 4 and 5)
1.92%
1.73%
2.11%
[20]
Transition to advanced RCC (year 6 and 7)
1.64%
1.48%
1.81%
[20]
Transition to advanced RCC (year 8 to 10)
1.26%
1.13%
1.38%
[20]
Advanced RCC of favorable or intermediate risk
89%
80.1%
97.9%
[26]
Transition to post-advanced RCC 100%     [7,13]