Table 2.

Total 4-week treatment administration costs^a

Cost item	Number per first cycle	Number per subsequent cycle	Percentage	Unit cost (£)	Total cost first cycle (£)	Total cost subsequent cycle (£)
Fulvestrant
Oncologist visit	1	–	100	196.64	196.64	0.00
Oncologist visit follow-up	1	–	100	99.97	99.97	0.00
Community nurse specialist (15 min)	1	1	32	18.75	6.06	6.06
Oncologist visit follow-up	1	1	68	99.97	67.68	67.68
Total					370.35	73.74
Oral therapies (anastrozole, letrozole, and tamoxifen)
Oncologist visit	1	–	100	196.64	196.64	0.00
General practitioner telephone consultation	–	1	100	27.93	0.00	27.93
Total					196.64	27.93

^aCosts (British pounds sterling; 2016) calculated using National Health Service reference costs [35] and the Personal Social Services Research Unit pay and prices index [34, 59]