Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus Proton Therapy for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Proton Therapy 98%
• Quality-Adjusted Life Years 80%
• Cost-Benefit Analysis 62%
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma 60%
• Radiotherapy 50%
• Oropharyngeal Neoplasms 35%
• Xerostomia 22%
• Costs and Cost Analysis 22%
• Gastrostomy 21%
• Dysgeusia 13%
• Tooth 6%
• Morbidity 5%
• Therapeutics 1%

Physics & Astronomy

• cost effectiveness 100%
• proton beams 73%
• radiation therapy 72%
• therapy 68%
• cancer 67%
• protons 46%
• costs 27%
• toxicity 11%
• tubes 6%
• sensitivity 5%