Table 5.

Net payments for colorectal cancer care during 1998-2003 (in 2007 US dollars)^*

			Last Year of Life
AJCC Stage	Initial Phase	Continuing Phase	Died from CRC	Died from Other Causes
Direct medical costs
I	25,487	2,028	45,689	11,257
II	35,173	1,890	45,560	9,846
III	42,885	2,702	48,006	13,026
IV	56,000	8,375	64,428	34,975
Modified societal costs
I	32,720	2,719	56,640	17,408
II	43,752	2,561	56,417	15,740
III	53,003	3,573	59,481	19,413
IV	68,853	10,743	78,227	44,384

^*The initial phase of care is the first 12 months following diagnosis, the last-year–of-life phase is the final 12 months of life, and the continuing phase is all the months between the initial and last-year-of-life phases. Cancer-related costs in the continuing phase of care are an annual estimate.