Table 4.
Long-term cost of CRC treatment by TNM stage at diagnosis and phase of care (€, 2005)
| TNM Stage | N | Initial phase | Continuing phase | Advanced-care phase | Total long-term cost | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (%) | Mean | % | Mean | % | Mean | % | ||
| In situ | 40 | 3852 | (18.6) | 11,593 | (56.0) | 5263 | (25.4) | 20,708 | (100.0) |
| I | 87 | 11,104 | (35.0) | 16,038 | (50.5) | 4615 | (14.5) | 31,757 | (100.0) |
| II | 179 | 13,251 | (32.2) | 11,100 | (27.0) | 16,764 | (40.8) | 41,116 | (100.0) |
| III | 174 | 14,182 | (29.7) | 6524 | (13.7) | 26,975 | (56.6) | 47,681 | (100.0) |
| IV | 144 | 1429 | (5.1) | - | ᅟ | 26,632 | (94.9) | 28,061 | (100.0) |
| Unknown | 75 | 1119 | (9.0) | 514 | (4.1) | 10,863 | (86.9) | 12,497 | (100.0) |
| Global | 699 | 8740 | (24.8) | 5945 | (16.9) | 20,522 | (58.3) | 35,207 | (100.0) |