title: The cost and availability of therapeutic options in advanced prostatic carcinoma in Turkey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Ilker
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dillioğlugil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akdaş
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000726:Androgen Antagonists