Cost-effectiveness analysis of mammography screening for early detection of breast cancer in Nigeria
Ifeoma Jovita Nduka, Charles Ebuka Okafor, Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife, Daniele Ugo Tari, Daniele Ugo Tari, Daniele Ugo Tari, Daniele Ugo Tari · 2026
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Ifeoma Jovita Nduka and co-authors model whether breast X-ray screening is worth its cost in Nigeria in a 2026 journal article. Mammography is the standard screening test, but Nigeria has no national screening program and use is low. The team simulated yearly and two-yearly screening for women from age 40 over a lifetime, from the health provider's viewpoint.
Yearly screening cost 238.60 US dollars per woman in their model and averted about 1.060 disability-adjusted life years, a measure of healthy years lost. Its cost per healthy year gained fell well below the study's pay threshold. The authors call yearly screening the best value among the options modeled, while warning the result depends on model assumptions and is not a final policy directive.
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| CREATOR | Ifeoma Jovita Nduka, Charles Ebuka Okafor, Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife, Daniele Ugo Tari, Daniele Ugo Tari, Daniele Ugo Tari, Daniele Ugo Tari |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 91653 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |