Table 3 Prevalence of overuse in European studies on patterns of care for breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer, according to type of procedurea
From: Overuse in cancer care: do European studies provide information useful to support policies?
Type of procedure | Prevalence (median) | Range | Number of measures |
|---|---|---|---|
Drugs | 15% | 2–68% | 14 from 12 studies |
Diagnostic | 24% | 4–55% | 8 from 5 studies |
Surgery | 8% | 3–57% | 13 from 7 studies |
Radiotherapy | 5% | 4–24% | 5 from 4 studies |