TABLE III.
Costs for breast cancer cohort and living breast cancer cohort
| Variable | Disease stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Alla | i | ii | iii | iv | |
| Entire breast cancer cohort | |||||
| Cases (n) | 39,655 | 13,628 | 12,602 | 4,765 | 1,552 |
| Costs (CA2008$) | |||||
| Mean | 41,686±37,403 | 29,938±26,750 | 46,893±35,488 | 65,369±42,674 | 66,627±56,715 |
| Median | 30,149 | 22,120 | 37,709 | 52,542 | 49,158 |
| Quartiles 1–3 | 18,313–50,582 | 16,263–32,416 | 24,389–55,291 | 39,120–85,959 | 26,426–90,788 |
| Women still living during the 2-year time horizon | |||||
| Cases (n) | 36,402 | 13,386 | 12,024 | 4,210 | 791 |
| Costs (CA2008$) | |||||
| Mean | 40,426±35,867 | 29,542±26,227 | 46,168±34,401 | 64,603±41,360 | 73,734±58,416 |
| Median | 29,233 | 22,003 | 37,229 | 51,439 | 55,138 |
| Quartiles 1–3 | 18,126–48,490 | 16,205–31,890 | 24,172–54,117 | 39,052–85,378 | 30,004–106,554 |
a
The number of cases for all four stages does not add to the total number of cases for the cohort because the cases with an Unknown disease stage are not presented here.