Comments on: Tracking the costs of prostate cancer diagnosis and management http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2010/02/15/tracking-the-costs-of-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-and-management/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fernando Premoli, MD, PhD http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2010/02/15/tracking-the-costs-of-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-and-management/#comment-7194 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:49:49 +0000 http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/?p=8241#comment-7194 I totally agree with Terry Herbert´s comments.

]]> By: Terry Herbert http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2010/02/15/tracking-the-costs-of-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-and-management/#comment-7167 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:57:40 +0000 http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/?p=8241#comment-7167 I’d guess you might be missing an allocation of capitalized costs and overheads which have to be allocated — the new scanning machinery, the doctor’s new car ….

]]> By: Tony Crispino http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2010/02/15/tracking-the-costs-of-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-and-management/#comment-7165 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:54:04 +0000 http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/?p=8241#comment-7165 Cost is indeed higher in the US, but it’s not cheap anywhere. But I question the Crawford study. WW is a matter of diagnosis, which does not cost even $10K, plus PSA tests, and perhaps another biopsy. Where do they get $24K out of that?

My biopsy cast was about $3K. PSA tests are about $200.00 counting the physician visit. If I did a PSA test every 3 months for TEN years I would still be under $12K ….

Perhaps I am missing something ….

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