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Cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening with stool DNA testing in intermediate-incidence countries

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Wu, Grace, Wang, Yi-Ming, Yen, Amy, Wong, Jau-Min, Lai, Hsin-Chih, Warwick, Jane and Chen, Tony (2006) Cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening with stool DNA testing in intermediate-incidence countries. BMC Cancer, Volume 6 (Number 1). p. 136. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-6-136

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Abstract

Background:
The aim of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of screening with stool DNA testing with that of screening with other tools (annual fecal occult blood testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, and colonoscopy every 10 years) or not screening at all.

Methods:
We developed a Markov model to evaluate the above screening strategies in the general population 50 to 75 years of age in Taiwan. Sensitivity analyses were performed to assess the influence of various parameters on the cost-effectiveness of screening. A third-party payer perspective was adopted and the cost of $13,000 per life-year saved (which is roughly the per capita GNP of Taiwan in 2003) was chosen as the ceiling ratio for assessing whether the program is cost-effective.

Results:
Stool DNA testing every three, five, and ten years can reduce colorectal cancer mortality by 22%, 15%, and 9%, respectively. The associated incremental costs were $9,794, $9,335, and $7,717, per life-year saved when compared with no screening. Stool DNA testing strategies were the least cost-effective with the cost per stool DNA test, referral rate with diagnostic colonoscopy, prevalence of large adenoma, and discount rate being the most influential parameters.

Conclusion:
In countries with a low or intermediate incidence of colorectal cancer, stool DNA testing is less cost-effective than the other currently recommended strategies for population-based screening, particularly targeting at asymptomatic subjects.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Cancer -- Epidemiology, Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Diagnosis --Cost effectiveness, Rectum -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Cost effectiveness, Genetic screening -- Cost effectiveness, Feces -- Examination -- Cost effectiveness
Journal or Publication Title: BMC Cancer
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
ISSN: 1471-2407
Official Date: 24 May 2006
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24 May 2006Published
Date of first compliant deposit: 28 December 2015
Volume: Volume 6
Number: Number 1
Page Range: p. 136
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-6-136
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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