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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Feb 4;66(5):e27629. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27629

TABLE 2.

Parameter inputs and sensitivity analysis ranges

Variable Base-case estimate Low High PSA distribution Source
Age-specific risk of tumor development
 Age 0–15 0.15 0.08 0.27 Beta Chompret et al
 Age 16–45 0.54 0.37 0.71 Beta Chompret et al
 Age 46+ 0.68 0.14 0.97 Beta Chompret et al
Probability of survival
 Surveillance 0.84 0.65 1.00 Beta Villani et al
 No surveillance 0.49 0.36 0.64 Beta Villani et al
Probability of early-stage cancer
 Surveillance 0.78 0.22 1.0 Beta Buys et al/Jarvinen et al/Oluwole et al
 No surveillance 0.53 0.22 0.89 Beta Buys et al/Jarvinen et al/Hofvind et al
Discounting
 Effectiveness 0.03 0.01 0.05 Normal
 Cost 0.03 0.01 0.05 Normal
Cost of surveillance
 Age 0–17 $2279 $1140 $3419 Gamma Villani et al/CMS
 Age 18–30 $3465 $1733 $5198 Gamma Villani et al/CMS
 Age 31+ $2316 $1158 $3474 Gamma Villani et al/CMS
Cost of cancer treatment
Early-stage (surveillance group)
 Age 0–17 $71 872 $35 936 $143 745 Gamma Mariotto et al
 Age 18+ $46 209 $23 105 $92 418 Gamma Mariotto et al
Late-stage (nonsurveillance group)
 Age 0–17 $149 680 $74 840 $299 360 Gamma Mariotto et al
 Age 18+ $120 369 $60 184 $240 738 Gamma Mariotto et al
Cost of cancer survivorship
Pediatric $7493 $3746 $14 986 Gamma Mariotto et al
Adult $4053 $2016 $8105 Gamma Mariotto et al