Kondo Masahide, Hoshi Shu-Ling, Toi Masakazu
Department of Health Care Policy and Management, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov;39(11):767-70. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyp081. Epub 2009 Aug 5.
'Cost saving' was suggested in our recent economic evaluation of chemoprevention of breast cancer targeting women at high risk in Japan. However, this budget impact analysis reveals that the introduction of chemoprevention appears to be not budget saving for approximately 20 years, whereas the level of budget impact seems affordable.