Table 2: Initial and 5-year cost of treatment and active surveillance (2012 Canadian dollars)
Cost, $
Treatment typeInitial5-year follow-up
Active surveillance 1 224 1 767
Radical prostatectomy 7 428 929
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy12 261 618
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy*14 444 618
Brachytherapy 8 455 618
Primary androgen deprivation therapy 5 13623 202

*For 6 months.