Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©2007 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2007; 13(32): 4316-4320
Published online Aug 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i32.4316
Table 3 Comparison of discovery costs for 1 gastric cancer case
X-rayEndoscope
Total number (a)42617178
Cost (b)¥3000¥11 000
No. gastric cancers (n)228
Gross cost (a × b)¥12 783 000¥78 958 000
Cost to detect one case of gastric cancer (a × b/n)¥6 391 500¥2 819 928