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Table 2 Costs, effects and incremental cost-effectiveness of cancer interventions in Southeast Asia

From: Cost-effective interventions for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer: new results from WHO-CHOICE

Label

Description of the intervention

Pop° coverage (%)

Costs per 10 million population (million I$ 2010)

HLY per 10 million population (undiscounted)

Average cost-effectiveness ratio (ACER)

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)

CVC_C1e

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (two doses) of 9–13-year-old girls and prevention of cervical cancer by screening women aged 30–49 through visual inspection with acetic acid linked with timely treatment of pre-cancerous lesions

50

396

4,541,842

87

87

CRC_C3a

Treatment of colorectal cancer stages I and II with surgery ± chemotherapy and radiotherapy

95

207

870,417

238

238

BRC_C2a

Treatment of breast cancer stages I and II with surgery ± systemic therapy

95

206

816,200

252

252

CVC_C1e

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (two doses) of 9–13-year-old girls and prevention of cervical cancer by screening women aged 30–49 through visual inspection with acetic acid linked with timely treatment of pre-cancerous lesions

80

549

5,106,391

108

272

CVC_C1e

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (two doses) of 9–13-year-old girls and prevention of cervical cancer by screening women aged 30–49 through visual inspection with acetic acid linked with timely treatment of pre-cancerous lesions

95

626

5,262,580

119

491

BRC_C2b

Screening with mammography (once every 2 years for women aged 50–69 years) linked with timely diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

95

1056

1,627,782

649

1048

BRC_C2c

Basic palliative care for breast cancer: home-based and hospital care with multi-disciplinary team and access to opiates and essential supportive medicines

95

193

22,877

8434

8434

CRC_C3b

Basic palliative care for colorectal cancer: home-based and hospital care with multi-disciplinary team and access to opiates and essential supportive medicines

95

158

5944

26,571

26,571

CVC_C1i

Basic palliative care for cervical cancer: home-based and hospital care with multi-disciplinary team and access to opiates and essential supportive medicines

95

156

5262

29,704

29,704

  1. CVC cervical cancer, BRC breast cancer, CRC colorectal cancer