table 8.4 Simplified utilities

health state

period of life

utility

advanced breast cancer

1.768 years prior to breast cancer death

0.624

primary therapy

1 year from diagnosis of breast cancer

0.75

disease free period

from end of period of primary care to
advanced breast cancer or death from other causes

0.955

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