Open AccessCost-effectiveness of radical hysterectomy with adjuvant radiotherapy versus radical radiotherapy for FIGO stage IIB cervical cancer
Author(s) -
Ying Chai,
Juan Wang,
Tao Wang,
Fan Shi,
Jiquan Wang,
Jin Su,
YunYi Yang,
Xi Zhou,
Hailin Ma,
Bin He,
Zi Li
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
oncotargets and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1178-6930
DOI - 10.2147/ott.s90798
Subject(s) - medicine , radical hysterectomy , cervical cancer , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , radical surgery , adjuvant radiotherapy , surgery , cancer , gynecology , paleontology , biology
Recent literature reports that radical hysterectomy followed by adjuvant radiotherapy has comparable progression-free survival and overall survival compared to radical radiotherapy for International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIB cervical cancer. Now, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness (CE) of these two treatment regimens.