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. 2022 Apr 6;14(7):1839. doi: 10.3390/cancers14071839

Table 2.

Lifetime discounted costs and effects per woman and ICER after genetic testing for all patients with BC a.

Testing all BC Patients No Testing ICER
Health Effects Costs (USD) Health Effects Costs (USD) Cost/LYG Cost/QALY
LYGs QALYs Payer Societal LYGs QALYs Payer Societal Payer Societal Payer Societal
Baseline
14.164 13.483 4686 6808 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6509 4037 7266 4506
Scenario: No reduction in BC risk from RRSO b
14.164 13.483 4686 6808 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6508 4060 7308 4558
Scenario: No HRT Adherence c
14.163 13.483 4687 6809 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6730 4201 7576 4729
Scenario: Half RRM uptake in unaffected relatives d
14.164 13.483 4687 6811 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6546 4198 7449 4777
Scenario: Half RRSO uptake in unaffected relatives e
14.163 13.482 4682 6807 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6425 4090 7439 4735
Scenario: Half RRM and half RRSO uptake in unaffected relatives f
14.164 13.482 4685 6813 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6514 4342 7802 5201
Scenario: Half CPM uptake in patients g
14.160 13.481 4683 6812 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 7857 5243 8310 5546
Scenario: Half RRSO uptake in patients h
14.160 13.481 4672 6800 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 7014 4412 7588 4773
Scenario: Lower uptake rate of genetic testing in patients and relatives i (70%)
14.158 13.477 4644 6787 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 6229 4233 7575 5148
Scenario: Lower uptake rate of genetic testing in patients and relatives i (50%)
14.153 13.473 4607 6762 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 5449 3731 6922 4739
Scenario: No VUS management j
14.162 13.479 4629 6766 14.144 13.465 4554 6726 3943 2097 5355 2848

Abbreviations: BC, breast cancer; HRT, hormone replacement therapy; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, LYG, life-years gained; QALY, quality-adjusted life-year; RRM, risk-reducing mastectomy; RRSO, risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. a Discounted at 3%; b Probability P15 = 1 (Table S1 in the Supplement); c Probability P21 = 0 (Table S1 in the Supplement); d Probability P9 = 0.235 (Table S1 in the Supplement); e Probability P11 = 0.275 (Table S1 in the Supplement); e Probability P9 = 0.235 and Probability P11 = 0.275 (Table S1 in the Supplement); g Probability P10 = 0.270 (Table S1 in the Supplement); h Probability P12 = 0.284 (Table S1 in the Supplement); i (70%) Indicates a genetic testing uptake rate of 70%; i (50%) Indicates a genetic testing uptake rate of 50%; j Indicates no VUS management.