Table 5. Five-year prevalence costs in selected cancer sites, 2010.

	Colorectal (2010 £,000s)		Breast (2010 £,000s)		Prostate (2010 £,000s)		Lung (2010 £,000s)
Age group	18–64	⩾65	18–64	⩾65	18–64	⩾65	18–64	⩾65
Initial	78 520	172 014	164 877	88 838	28 213	62 187	34 037	60 367
Continuum	85 883	139 380	223 635	104 489	45 871	144 476	14 395	23 474
Terminal	52 146	147 293	38 173	55 531	9 579	83 827	76 685	183 253
Total health-care costs (A)	216 549	458 688	426 685	248 858	83 663	290 490	125 117	267 095
Comparison group costs (B)	21 351	129 439	55 994	114 716	27  777	186 052	11 414	73 599
Net health-care costs (A–B)	195 198	329 249	370 691	134 142	55 886	104 438	113 703	193 496