Cost-effectiveness of screening for prostate cancer

Abstract

The total expenses on the early detection and further treatment of prostate cancer (PC) were analyzed in 1785 males aged 40 to 70 years, examined at the Russian Radiology Research Center, for prostate pathology-unassociated diseases in 2000—2005. A control group comprised 734 patients referred to urologist of the Russian Radiology Research Center Polyclinic during the same period. In the study group, the cost of treatment per patient with detected PC was 60,150 rbl (including that of screening) while in the control group, it was 150,376 rbl. The expected economic effect of introduction of a PC screening program at the federal level may be as many as 8,970,066,799.48 rbl.