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Original Research

Cost-effectiveness analysis of electrochemotherapy with the Cliniporator™ vs other methods for the control and treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors

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Pages 541-548 | Published online: 11 Apr 2008

Figures & data

Table 1 Cost of electrochemotherapy

Figure 1 Electrochemotherapy: costs of the different therapeutic courses. Derived from CitationMir et al (2006).

Treatment A (Blm): Local anesthesia, intratumoral administration of bleomycin.

Treatment A (CDDP): Local anesthesia, intratumoral administration of cisplatin.

Treatment B: Local anesthesia, intravenous administration of bleomycin.

Treatment C (Blm): General anesthesia, intratumoral administration of bleomycin.

Treatment C (CDDP): General anesthesia, intratumoral administration of cisplatin.

Treatment D: General anesthesia, intravenous administration of bleomycin.

Figure 1 Electrochemotherapy: costs of the different therapeutic courses. Derived from CitationMir et al (2006).Treatment A (Blm): Local anesthesia, intratumoral administration of bleomycin.Treatment A (CDDP): Local anesthesia, intratumoral administration of cisplatin.Treatment B: Local anesthesia, intravenous administration of bleomycin.Treatment C (Blm): General anesthesia, intratumoral administration of bleomycin.Treatment C (CDDP): General anesthesia, intratumoral administration of cisplatin.Treatment D: General anesthesia, intravenous administration of bleomycin.

Table 2 Cost of radiotherapy treatment

Table 3 Cost of interferon-alpha treatment

Table 4 Cost of hyperthermia, chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Table 5 Cost of isolated limb perfusion

Table 6 Summary of costs (all treatment alternatives)

Table 7 Efficacy of the various strategies, based on tumor response

Table 8 Average cost, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness ratio per achieved tumor response and incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER)

Table 9 Sensibility analysis: −10% cost of electrodes per procedure

Table 10 Sensibility analysis: +10% cost of electrodes per procedure

Table 11 Sensibility analysis: 63.4% effectiveness of ECT (minimum)

Table 12 Sensibility analysis: 85.0% effectiveness of ECT (maximum)