Cost-effectiveness of liver transplantation in patients with colorectal metastases confined to the liver

Background Patients with non-resectable colorectal metastases are currently treated with chemotherapy. However, liver transplantation can increase the 5-year survival rate from 9 to 56 per cent if the cancer is confined to the liver. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of liver transplantation for colorectal liver metastases. Methods A Markov model with a lifetime perspective was developed to estimate the life-years,...