Real-world healthcare resource use and costs associated with the management of locally advanced head and neck cancer in Portugal – TRACE2 study
Maria Margarida Teixeira, Joana Magalhães, Joana Marinho, Katia Ladeira, Catarina Morais, Mafalda Nogueira · 2026
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Maria Margarida Teixeira and colleagues charted in 2026 the real-world cost in Portugal of treating locally advanced head and neck cancer. About six in ten patients with this cancer are found at an advanced local stage, where combined care is demanding. Their TRACE2 study followed 150 patients across four hospitals from their medical records.
Most patients were men aged fifty to seventy-nine, with very high rates of tobacco and heavy alcohol use. Combined drug therapy with radiotherapy was the most common treatment path. Nearly nine in ten patients needed outpatient visits and exams, and three quarters were hospitalized at some point. The median yearly cost per patient came to roughly seventy-seven hundred euros, driven mainly by combined therapy and hospital stays. The authors offer the figures as a baseline for planning follow-up care and resources.
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| CREATOR | Maria Margarida Teixeira, Joana Magalhães, Joana Marinho, Katia Ladeira, Catarina Morais, Mafalda Nogueira |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |