Table 1.
Utility assumptions and median durations of the states.
| Health conditions | Utilities (ranges) |
Median duration |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT | RT + ADT | RT | RT + ADT | ||
| States | |||||
| Remission | 0.92 (0.92–1) | 0.793 (0.643–0.943) | 1.59 | 0.79 | Konski et al (2005)4 |
| BCR | 0.793 (0.643–0.943) | 0.793 (0.643–0.943) | 2.25 | 5.15 | Konski et al (2005)4 |
| Recurrence | 0.42 (0.33–0.51) | 0.42 (0.33–0.51) | 3.59 | 0.75 | Konski et al (2005)4 |
| Complications | |||||
| RT | 0.81 (0.678–0.942) | 0.81 (0.678–0.942) | 0.2 | 0.2 | Konski et al (2005)4 |
| Grade 2 + GU | 0.85 (0.775–0.925) | 0.85 (0.775–0.925) | — | — | Cooperberg et al (2013)11 |
| Grade 2 + GI | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) | — | — | Cooperberg et al (2013)11 |
BCR, biochemical recurrence; GI, gastrointestinal; GU, genitourinary; RT, radiation therapy; RT + ADT, radiation therapy plus androgen deprivation therapy.