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. 2021 Nov 12;23(5):807–821. doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01396-9

Table 5.

Results of sensitivity analysis of the duration of disutility related to surgical risk-reducing strategies

Strategy Costs QALYs dCostsa dQALYsb ICER
Duration of disutility for the surgical risk-reducing strategies
Base case (for 1 year) for 5 years for 10 years
BRCA1
IS 141,293 14.48 Reference Abs. dominated
CP 136,957 15.24 − 4336 0.76 (for 5 years) Abs. dominated
PBM 115,802 17.28 − 25,491 2.80 2.43 2.05 Abs. dominated
PBSO 112,814 16.79 − 28,479 2.31 2.01 1.73 Abs. dominated
PBM & PBSO 76,639 19.24 − 64,654 4.76 4.10 3.40 Dominant
Brca2
IS 102,245 15.52 Reference Abs. dominated
PBSO 97,091 16.85 − 5154 1.33 1.03 0.74 Abs. dominated
CP 78,478 17.58 − 23,767 2.07 (for 5 years) Abs. dominated
PBM 70,562 19.24 − 31,683 3.73 3.34 2.93 Abs. dominated
PBM & PBSO 60,770 19.85 − 41,475 4.34 3.67 2.95 Dominant

adCosts: average difference in costs per women who opted for prophylactic measures compared to intensified surveillance (reference)

bdQALYs: average difference in QALYs per woman who opted for prophylactic measures compared to intensified surveillance (reference)

QALYs (quality-adjusted life years), ICER (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio), abs. (absolutely), IS (intensified surveillance), PBM (prophylactic bilateral mastectomy), PBSO (prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy), CP (chemoprevention)