Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in men and women and has the highest mortality rate of all cancers except non-melanoma skin cancer. Approximately 85% of the cases are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and, among these, about 3% present the ALK+ translocation. The aim of this analysis is to compare effectiveness and incremental costs between crizotinib and standard chemotherapy in the ALK+ NSCLC treatment from the Brazilian public healthcare system perspective.

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