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Table 3 Contributions of the seven areas to the estimates of lifetime costs to the NHS of services delivered by year: 1991 to 2010

From: Estimating the returns to UK publicly funded cancer-related research in terms of the net value of improved health outcomes

  Costs (GB£ million)
Year Treatment Screening Smoking reduction Total
Prostate cancer Breast cancer Colorectal cancer Cervical cancer Bowel cancer Breast cancer
1991 199 665 181 41 – 34 -277 844
1992 220 687 190 40 – 37 -277 897
1993 241 658 185 39 – 40 -278 887
1994 272 684 185 39 – 42 -278 944
1995 252 646 175 37 – 42 -279 874
1996 278 660 182 38 – 43 -280 921
1997 269 684 181 36 – 53 -281 943
1998 283 720 187 34 – 50 -282 993
1999 336 753 214 32 – 47 -283 1098
2000 391 746 211 32 – 45 -285 1140
2001 456 755 206 31 – 43 -287 1204
2002 519 764 202 30 – 43 -282 1276
2003 571 794 178 30 – 44 -255 1361
2004 614 817 179 32 – 44 -254 1432
2005 545 850 182 34 – 44 -252 1403
2006 572 851 188 35 -5 45 -258 1428
2007 596 881 177 35 -10 46 -252 1473
2008 613 919 181 35 -15 48 -242 1538
2009 606 950 185 36 -20 48 -237 1569
2010 569 986 186 38 -25 56 -240 1569
Total 8403 15469 3755 704 -75 894 -5358 23793
  1. Abbreviation: NHS National Health Service.
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