Table 3.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Criteria	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Population	Female participants aged 18 years and above diagnosed with breast cancer	Female participants not diagnosed with breast cancer but undergone screening will be excluded
Concept	All studies concerning the expenses related with breast cancer disease management, including direct and indirect costs	Prediagnosis screening cost
Context	India	Non-Indian studies or studies with a focus on LMICs or South Asia in which the expenses for India are not reported separately.
Types of evidence sources	Quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies	Letter to the editor, viewpoint, reviews, editorials and perspectives
Timeframe	Studies published from January 2000 onwards	Articles published before 2000
Language	Studies published in English	Non-English articles