Research Article

Cost and Clinical Benefits Associated with Oncotype DX® Test in Patients with Early-Stage HR+/HER2- Node-Negative Breast Cancer in the Netherlands

Table 3

Results presented for each cost category across all three scenarios. Total costs per patient are calculated, and all results are in Euros.

Clinical practiceChemotherapy acquisition costs (€)Chemotherapy administration costs (€)Short-term AE costs (€)Long-term AE costs (€)Productivity losses (€)GPT test costs (€)Recurrence costs (€)Total costs for entire model population (€)Total costs per patient (€)

Oncotype DX test€3,343,380€4,514,251€1,492,789€563,146€3,321,681€9,116,840€6,863,702€29,215,789€14,379
No genomic test€12,382,889€16,719,449€5,528,848€2,085,726€12,302,523€0€6,863,702€55,883,137€27,504
MammaPrint€6,686,760€9,028,502€2,985,578€1,126,292€6,643,362€7,667,051€8,828,722€42,966,268€21,147
Difference between Oncotype DX test vs. no genomic test-€9,039,509-€12,205,198-€4,036,059-€1,522,580-€8,980,842€9,116,840€0-€26,667,347-€13,125
Difference between Oncotype DX test vs. MammaPrint-€3,343,380-€4,514,251-€1,492,789-€563,146-€3,321,681€1,449,788-€1,965,020-€13,750,478-€6,768

Abbreviations: AE = adverse event; GPT = genomic profile test.