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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Treat Rev. 2015 Nov 24;42:10–17. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2015.11.004

Table 2.

Costs of adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation and chemoradiation.*

Treatment modality Chemotherapy Radiation Chemotherapy + chemoradiation
3D Radiation Therapy (Non-IMRT)a 15161.79
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapya 18703.88
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapyb 9229.00
Adjuvant gemcitabinec 2989.11
Concurrent chemoradiationd 18,078.79
*

All costs were calculated in US dollars ($).

a

Based on 28 fractions.

b

Based on 5 fractions.

c

Based on 6 cycles of adjuvant gemcitabine 1gm/m2 per CONKO-001.

d

Based on RTOG 9704 (4 months of gemcitabine followed by 28 fractions of 3D radiation therapy with concurrent 5-flurouracil).