Docetaxel in Combination With Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide As Adjuvant Treatment for Early Node-Positive Breast Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analysis
Author(s) -
Sorrel Wolowacz,
David Cameron,
Helen Tate,
A Bagust
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2006.10.4190
Subject(s) - medicine , docetaxel , breast cancer , quality adjusted life year , regimen , cyclophosphamide , oncology , cost effectiveness , metastatic breast cancer , pound (networking) , surgery , chemotherapy , cancer , risk analysis (engineering) , world wide web , computer science
To estimate the cost effectiveness of TAC (docetaxel, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide) compared with FAC (fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide) when administered as adjuvant therapy to women with node-positive early breast cancer in the United Kingdom (UK), both with and without primary prophylaxis with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF).
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