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. 2016 Feb 27;7(3):185–194. doi: 10.1007/s12687-016-0266-4

Table 3.

Pathway costs

Number Pathway description Pathway cost
Affected patient pathways
 1 Affected individual, BRCA mutation identified £5606.16
 2 Affected individual, known familial BRCA mutation identified £5174.16
 3 Affected individual, known familial BRCA mutation not identified £739.88
 4 Affected individual, declined BRCA testing, higher risk family history £960.59
 5 Affected individual, declined BRCA testing, moderate risk family history £911.08
 6a Affected individual, BRCA testing negative, higher risk family history £1630.96
 7 Affected individual, BRCA testing negative, moderate risk family history £1581.45
 8 Affected individual, not eligible for BRCA testing, population surveillance £501.51
 9 Affected individual, not eligible for BRCA testing, moderate risk family history £911.08
 10 Affected individual, not eligible for BRCA testing, higher risk family history £960.59
Unaffected patient pathways
 11 Unaffected individual, known familial BRCA mutation identified £7944.56
 12 Unaffected individual, known familial BRCA mutation, test declined £835.59
 13 Unaffected individual, known familial BRCA mutation not identified £614.88
 14 Unaffected individual, no testing recommended, higher risk family history £835.59
 15 Unaffected individual, no testing recommended, moderate risk family history £786.08
 16 Unaffected individual, no testing recommended, population risk £376.51
 17 Unaffected individual, affected relative eligible for BRCA testing, mutation identified in affected relative and in individual £13,553.10
 18 Unaffected individual, affected relative eligible for BRCA testing, mutation identified in affected relative but not in individual £6223.42
 19 Unaffected individual, affected relative eligible for BRCA testing, no mutation identified in affected relative, higher risk family history £2707.29
 20 Unaffected individual, affected relative eligible for BRCA testing, no mutation identified, moderate risk family history £2608.27
 21 Unaffected individual, affected relative eligible for BRCA testing, no mutation identified in relative, population risk £1789.13
 22 Unaffected individual, family eligible for BRCA testing, no relative available or relative does not get tested, higher risk family history £835.59
 23 Unaffected individual, family eligible for BRCA testing, no relative available or relative does not get tested, moderate risk family history £786.08
 24 Unaffected individual, family eligible for BRCA testing, no relative available or relative does not get tested, population risk £376.51
 25 Unaffected individual, known familial BRCA mutation, relative to be tested first, relative negative £1118.76
 26 Unaffected individual, family already tested, no mutation identified, moderate risk family history £786.08
 27 Unaffected individual, family already tested, no mutation identified, higher risk family history £835.59
 28 Unaffected individual, family already tested, no mutation identified, population risk £376.51

aSee Table 2 for details of this pathway