Disease index

basal cell carcinoma

Dermatology · 2005–2023

11decisions
5medicines
2carried consumer input
6individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
sonidegib Treatment of metastatic or locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in patients who are inappropriate for surgery and curative radiotherapy. Jul 2023 Noted none received
sonidegib Treatment of locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (laBCC) or metastatic basal cell carcinoma (mBCC) in patients who are inappropriate for surgery and curative… Nov 2017 Recommended with restriction none received
vismodegib Metastatic or locally advanced basal cell carcinoma in patients for whom surgery and curative radiotherapy are inappropriate. Nov 2017 Recommended no section in document
vismodegib Treatment of adult patients with metastatic or locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) where surgery and radiotherapy are not appropriate. Mar 2016 Recommended with restriction 5 individuals Rare Cancers Australia
vismodegib Treatment of adult patients with metastatic or locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) where surgery and radiotherapy are not appropriate. Nov 2016 Recommended with restriction 1 individuals Rare Cancers Australia
methyl 5-aminolevulinate hydrochloride Treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) in patients who cannot have surgical excision, cryotherapy, or curettage with diathermy. Mar 2008 Recommended no section in document
methyl 5-aminolevulinate hydrochloride Treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) in patients who cannot have surgical excision, cryotherapy, or curettage with diathermy. The lesion must… Jul 2007 Not recommended no section in document
imiquimod Primary treatment of biopsy-confirmed superficial basal cell carcinoma where surgery is considered inappropriate. Nov 2005 Not recommended no section in document
methyl aminolevulinate Treatment of patients aged 18 years or older with primary superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) or nodular basal cell carcinoma (nBCC) where surgery is… Nov 2005 Not recommended no section in document
methyl aminolevulinate Treatment of patients aged 18 years or older with primary superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) or nodular basal cell carcinoma (nBCC) where surgery is… Nov 2005 Not recommended no section in document
imiquimod Primary treatment of biopsy-confirmed superficial basal cell carcinoma where surgery is considered inappropriate. Nov 2005 Not recommended no section in document

Who spoke

Rare Cancers Australia

What the PBS pays

$18M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 48,916 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
vismodegib $7.1M
sonidegib $6.8M
imiquimod $1.8M
imiquimod, cream $1.8M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 1 technology for this condition, recommending 0 and declining 1. A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
vismodegibVismodegib for treating basal cell carcinoma TA489 not recommended 2017-11

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 2 of 5 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.