The cost and availability of therapeutic options in advanced prostatic carcinoma in Turkey.
Advanced prostatic carcinoma may be treated by a variety of methods of endocrine manipulation which affect the production of androgens. This can either be done by bilateral orchiectomy or by a number of drugs. Orchiectomy has two advantages: low cost and being a once-only procedure. This report outlines the costs of various methods of hormonal treatment and compares them with each other in Turkey.
Ilker
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Department of Urology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Dillioğlugil
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Akdaş
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D000726:Androgen Antagonists / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000191:economics*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
D000726:Androgen Antagonists