The relationship between treatment cost and prognosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma in Turkey
EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.50-56, 2019 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_41_18
- Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.50-56
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Cost analysis of mesothelioma, direct cost of mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatment, LUNG-CANCER, PHASE-III, CISPLATIN, ASBESTOS, PNEUMONECTOMY, RADIOTHERAPY, EXPOSURE
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is endemic in the population exposed to asbestos and has high health-care cost with a limited life expectancy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between cost according to treatment type and prognosis in MPM.