Economic burden of resected squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in an incident cohort of patients in the UK

Table 5 Mean cost of post-operative treatment for resected SCCHN patient by cancer site

Followed year after resection	Lip	Tongue	Oral cavity	Pharynx	Larynx	SCCHN
Number of patients	1,250	2,167	2,372	2,304	3,310	11,403
Secondary Surgery	176	328	318	185	489	328
Reconstructive surgery	2,368	2,152	5,411	2,283	843	2,502
Radiotherapy	38	203	183	325	189	201
Chemotherapy	13	110	82	217	92	113
Chemo related condition
Anemia	4	45	53	71	37	45
Neutropenia	6	78	32	101	23	49
Thrombocytopenia	5	56	48	82	37	48
Nausea/Emesis	3	16	15	43	10	18
Mucositis	3	6	14	9	1	6
Pain	2	29	26	28	32	26
	23	230	188	333	139	192
Inpatient stay	2,180	14,888	16,961	21,424	26,691	18,642
Inpatient care cost (£)	4,798	17,910	23,143	24,766	28,443	21,978
Outpatient visit
General surgery	87	66	78	61	77	73
Oral surgery	508	959	1,337	337	55	603
Restorative dentistry	38	88	206	116	29	95
Oral and maxillo facial surgery	68	167	200	52	9	94
Plastic surgery	124	22	21	22	14	31
Pain management	0	0	0	0	0	0
General medicine	107	98	101	99	130	109
Palliative medicine	9	43	39	91	45	48
Medical oncology	38	90	94	164	129	111
Radiology	1	2	2	3	1	2
	980	1,535	2,078	943	490	1,167
Radiotherapy	11	46	80	107	34	57
Chemotherapy	1	2	9	11	14	9
Outpatient care cost (£)	992	1,583	2,168	1,061	538	1,233
Total cost (£)	5,790	19,493	25,311	25,827	28,981	23,212