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. 2020 Jul 11;12(7):1874. doi: 10.3390/cancers12071874

Table 4.

Discounted Costs, Life Years, QALYs, and Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios of Risk-Reducing Interventions for Women at Increased or High Risk for Endometrial Cancer.

Study, Country, Currency Target Population
Compared Strategies
Over no Intervention or Current Practice Compared to Next Non-Dominated
Incr. Costs
in 2019 Euro
(in 2019 USD)
Incr. LY Incr. QALY ICER
in 2019 EUR/LYG
(in 2019 USD/LYG)
ICUR
in 2019 EUR/QALY
(in 2019 USD/ QALY)
Incr. Costs in 2019 Euro a
(in 2019 USD)
Incr. LYG a Incr. QALY a ICER
in 2019 EUR/
LYG a
(in 2019 USD/LYG)
ICUR
in 2019 EUR/
QALY a
(in 2019 USD/QALY)
Kwon et al., 2008, USA,
USD [19]
Target population: women with Lynch syndrome, age 30 yrs and older, 40–60% lifetime risk for endometrial cancer, 42% for colon cancer (colon and endometrial cancer)
Strategies:
No intervention - - - - - - - - - -
PBSO + hysterectomy at 30 yrs 5555
(6218)
1.996 0.353 2783
(3115)
15,724
(17,600)
5555
(6218)
1.996 0.353 2783
(3115)
Ext dom
PBSO + hysterectomy at 40 yrs 6304
(7056)
1.053 0.485 5984
(6699)
13,003
(14,555)
749
(838)
Dom 0.132 Dom 5695
(6375)
EB, TVS, CA-125, age 30–39, 1 yr; PBSO + hysterectomy, age 40 13,716
(15,353)
1.118 0.518 12,272
(13,736)
26,459
(29,616)
7412
(8297)
Dom 0.034 Dom 220,599
(246,920)
EB, TVS, CA-125, age 30+, 1 yr 19,592
(21,930)
0.45 0.20 43,586
(48,787)
95,804
(107,235)
Dom Dom Dom Dom Dom
Yang et al., 2011, USA,
USD [20]
Target population: high-risk: Lynch syndrome, women age 30 yrs, 40–60% lifetime risk of endometrial cancer (colon and endometrial cancer)
Strategies:
PBSO+hysterectomy, at 30 yrs n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. - -
Exam, TVS, CA- 125, EB, age 30+, 1 yr n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. Dom n.r. Dom n.r. Dom
Exam, TVS, age 30+, 1 yr n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. Dom n.r. Dom n.r. Dom
Havrilesky et al., 2017, USA,
USD [21]
Target population: BRCA-1 mutation carriers, women age 40 yrs with no cancer (following PBM+PBSO), 3.5% lifetime risk for endometrial cancer
Strategies:
PBM + PBSO + hysterectomy, at 40 yrs n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. - -
PBM+PBSO, at 40 yrs n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. Dom Dom n.r. Dom 12,989
(14,539)
Dottino, 2016, USA
USD [16]
Target population: obese women, age 50 yrs, from 4% to 7% (age dependent) lifetime risk for endometrial cancer
Strategies:
No intervention - - - - - - - - - -
Levonorgestrel, age 50–55 n.r. n.r. n.r. 71,992
(80,582)
n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 71,992
(80,582)
n.r.
Kwon and Lu, 2008, USA,
USD [18]
Target population: obese (> BMI 30 kg/m²) women, age 30–80 yrs, 3% lifetime risk for endometrial cancer
Strategies:
No intervention - - - - - - - - - -
OCP, age 30–35 2982
(3338)
0.0065 n.r. 458,780
(513,521)
n.r. 2982
(3338)
0.0065 n.r. 458,780
(513,521)
n.r.
Exam, EB, age 30–80, 2 yrs 18,409
(20,606)
0.0100 n.r. 1,840,907
(2,060,562)
n.r. Ext dom Ext dom n.r. Ext dom n.r.
Exam, EB, age 30–80,1 yr 29,551
(33,077)
0.0172 n.r. 1,718,084
(1,923,084)
n.r. 26,569
(29,739)
0.0107 n.r. 2,483,081
(2,779,361)
n.r.

Dom: dominated, EB: endometrial biopsy, Ext dom: extended dominance, ICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, ICUR: incremental cost-utility ratio, LYG: life years gained, OCP: oral contraceptive pills, PBM: prophylactic mastectomy, PBSO: prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, QALY: quality-adjusted life year, TVS: transvaginal sonography, yrs: years. a calculated versus next (non-dominated) strategy.