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. 2020 Jun 1;9(6):1664. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061664

Table 1.

Economic evaluation characteristics.

Decision Problem What is the Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Identify Lynch Syndrome in Women with Endometrial Cancer
Interventions and comparators Strategy 0: No testing
Strategy 1: MSI triage followed by NGS
Strategy 2: MSI and MLH1 methylation testing triage followed by NGS
Strategy 3: IHC and MLH1 methylation testing triage followed by NGS (the Manchester approach)
Strategy 4: Direct NGS
Type of economic evaluation, costs, and health outcomes Cost-effectiveness analysis: Diagnostic costs and Lynch syndrome cases identified (no cost-effectiveness threshold identified)
Cost-utility analysis: Lifetime costs and QALYs for women with endometrial cancer and their relatives (cost-effectiveness threshold £20,000 per QALY)
Model type Decision tree and Markov model implemented in R
Key data source PETALS study (diagnostic accuracy study conducted in Manchester)
Perspective NHS and PSS, costs in pounds sterling (£; GBP) in 2016/17 prices
Time horizon Lifetime
Discounting 3.5% for costs and QALYs
Analysis of uncertainty Non-parametric bootstrap resampling of participants in a clinical study and parametric sampling of model parameters (probabilistic sensitivity analysis)

MSI: microsatellite instability; IHC: immunohistochemistry; NGS: next generation sequencing; QALY: quality-adjusted life years; PETALS: The Proportion of Endometrial Tumours Associated with Lynch Syndrome; NHS: National Health Service; PSS: personal social services; GBP: (Great British) Pounds sterling (£).