The relationship between treatment cost and prognosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma in Turkey

Guntulu A. K., METİNTAŞ S., KÖSE T., Bogar F., GİRGİNER N., BATIREL H. F., ...Daha Fazla

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.50-56, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • 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.