Cancer: Cost-effectiveness of strategies to combat cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia.

摘要

A mathematical modeling study published in the BMJ investigated the cost-effectiveness of various strategies to combat breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. With regard to colorectal cancer, increasing the coverage of treatment interventions is considered highly cost-effective in both regions. In addition, in sub-Saharan Africa, screening for colorectal cancer (by colonoscopy at age 50) is cost-effective.