Reply to “Matters arising: cost-effectiveness of first-line immunotherapy combinations with or without chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a modelling approach”

Abstract

Abstract In this article, we read with great attention the correspondence by Bullement et al., regarding our published study on cost-effectiveness of first-line immunotherapy combinations with or without chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. We referred to a few the most important comments from Bullement et al. in our opinion, including proportional hazard (PH) assumption, accelerated failure time (AFT) model, and health utility, and made some explanations.

Keywords

• Proportional hazard
• Accelerated failure time model
• Health utility