Optimizing oropharyngeal cancer management by using proton beam therapy: trends of cost-effectiveness

Optimizing oropharyngeal cancer management by using proton beam therapy: trends of cost-effectiveness

Abstract Background Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a new-emerging cancer treatment in China but its treatment costs are high and not yet covered by Chinese public medical insurance. The advanced form of PBT, intensity-modulated proton radiation therapy (IMPT), has been confirmed to reduce normal tissu...

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Main Authors: Guo Li, Yun-Fei Xia, Yi-Xiang Huang, Deniz Okat, Bo Qiu, Jerome Doyen, Pierre-Yves Bondiau, Karen Benezery, Jin Gao, Chao-Nan Qian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Oropharyngeal cancer
Proton beam therapy
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Intensity-modulated proton radiation therapy
Intensity-modulated photon-radiation therapy
Markov model
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08638-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08638-2

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