Cost‐effective imaging for resectability of liver lesions in colorectal cancer: an economic decision model

• Published in: ANZ journal of surgery Vol. 88; no. 6; pp. E507 - E511
• Main Authors: Saing, Sopany, Haywood, Phil, Duncan, Joanna K., Ma, Ning, Cameron, Alun L., Goodall, Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.06.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Australia; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery; Computed tomography; Contrast Media; Cost-Benefit Analysis; cost‐effectiveness; Decision analysis; Decision Support Techniques; Diagnosis; Diagnostic systems; Disease control; economic evaluation; Economic models; Female; Humans; Lesions; Liver; Liver cancer; liver metastasis; Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Liver Neoplasms - secondary; Liver Neoplasms - surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - economics; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Mathematical models; Medical imaging; Metastases; Middle Aged; Model accuracy; Models, Economic; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Palliation; Patients; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity; Sensitivity analysis; Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - economics; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Australia; cost-effectiveness; liver metastasis; magnetic resonance imaging; economic evaluation

Background This study aimed to determine the cost‐effectiveness of contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE‐MRI) compared with multiphase CE computed tomography (CE‐CT) scan to characterize suspected liver lesions in patients with known colorectal carcinoma. Methods A decision analytic model...