Table 2.

Unadjusted Direct Medical Costs (¥) for the Treatment of Patients with CRPC

Variable		All patients (n=4001)	Specific CRPC patients (n=276)
Mean and median medical costs for mCRPC patients (months)	Mean	739,146	2,297,501
	SD	642,115	1,397,413
	Median	554,175
	max	7,569,107
	min	92,184
	75%	811,233
	25%	400,923
	Mean Treatment Period	28
Medication costs (%)		91	94.4
Radiotherapy (%)		4.1	1.7
Laboratory (%)		4.8	3.8
Surgery (%)		0.1	0.1
Medication costs	No. of cases	4001	276
	Total costs	5,925,763,055	1,373,735,783
	Mean	1,481,070	4,977,304
Laboratory and imaging costs	No. of cases (%)	3,993 (99.8)	276 (100.0)
	Total costs	313,915,480	55,420,540
	Mean	78,616	200,799
Radiotherapy (EBRT)	No. of cases (%)	690 (17.2)	81 (29.3)
	Total costs	267,953,500	24,714,200
	Mean	388,338	305,114
Surgical procedures (e.g., orchiectomy and bone-related surgery)	No. of cases (%)	120 (3.0)	16 (5.8)
	Total costs	5,470,600	742,100
	Mean	45,588	46,381