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The cost of failed first-line cancer treatment related to continued smoking in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking by cancer patients and survivors causes adverse cancer treatment outcomes, but little information is available about how smoking can affect cancer treatment costs.

Methods

We developed a model to estimate attributable cancer treatment failure because of continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis (af_s). Canadian health system data were used to determine the additional treatment cost for af_s for the most common cancers in Canada.

Results

Of 206,000 patients diagnosed with cancer annually, an estimated 4789 experienced af_s. The annual incremental cost associated with treating patients experiencing af_s was estimated at between $198 million and $295 million (2017 Canadian dollars), reflecting an added incremental cost of $4,810-$7,162 per patient who continued to smoke. Analyses according to disease site demonstrated higher incremental costs where the smoking prevalence and the cost of individual second-line cancer treatment were highest. Of breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancers, lung cancer was associated with the highest incremental cost for treatment after af_s.

Conclusions

The costs associated with af_s in Canada after a cancer diagnosis are considerable. Populations in which the smoking prevalence and treatment costs are high are expected to benefit the most from efforts aimed at increasing smoking cessation capacity for patients newly diagnosed with cancer.

SUBMITTER: Iragorri N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755446 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The cost of failed first-line cancer treatment related to continued smoking in Canada.

Iragorri N N Essue B B Timmings C C Keen D D Bryant H H Warren G W GW

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) 20201201 6

<h4>Background</h4>Smoking by cancer patients and survivors causes adverse cancer treatment outcomes, but little information is available about how smoking can affect cancer treatment costs.<h4>Methods</h4>We developed a model to estimate attributable cancer treatment failure because of continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis (af<sub>s</sub>). Canadian health system data were used to determine the additional treatment cost for af<sub>s</sub> for the most common cancers in Canada.<h4>Results</ ...[more]

PMID: 33380862

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Project description:ImportancePrevious studies have shown that continued smoking among patients with cancer can increase overall and cancer-specific mortality, risk for second primary cancer, and risk for toxic effects of cancer treatment. To our knowledge, there have been no efforts to estimate additional costs for cancer treatment attributed to smoking.ObjectiveTo model attributable incremental costs of subsequent cancer treatment associated with continued smoking by patients with cancer.Design, setting, and participantsFor this economic evaluation, a model was developed in 2018 using data from a 2014 US Surgeon General's report that considered expected failure rates of first-line cancer treatment in nonsmoking patients, smoking prevalence, odds ratio of first-line cancer treatment failure attributed to smoking compared with nonsmoking, and cost of cancer treatment after failure of first-line cancer treatment.Main outcomes and measuresAttributable failures of first-line cancer treatment and incremental cost for subsequent treatment associated with continued smoking among patients with cancer.ResultsAttributable treatment failures were higher under conditions in which high first-line cure rates were expected in nonsmoking patients compared with conditions in which low cure rates were expected. Peak attributable failures occurred under the conditions in which expected cure rates among nonsmoking patients ranged from 50% to 65%. Under the conditions of a 30% expected treatment failure rate among nonsmoking patients, 20% smoking prevalence, 60% increased risk of failure of first-line cancer treatment, and $100 000 mean added cost of treating a first-line cancer treatment failure, the additional incremental cost per 1000 total patients was estimated to be $2.1 million, reflecting an additional cost of $10 678 per smoking patient. Extrapolation of cost to 1.6 million patients with cancer diagnosed annually reflects a potential $3.4 billion in incremental cost.Conclusions and relevanceThe findings suggest that continued smoking among patients with cancer and the increase in attributable first-line cancer treatment failure is associated with significant incremental costs for subsequent cancer treatments. Additional work appears to be needed to identify optimal methods to mitigate these incremental costs.

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The cost of failed first-line cancer treatment related to continued smoking in Canada.

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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The cost of failed first-line cancer treatment related to continued smoking in Canada.

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