Economical impact of orchiectomy for advanced prostate cancer
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Economical impact of orchiectomy for advanced prostate cancer.
PURPOSE To demonstrate the economical impact of surgical castration in comparison to the medical castration for patients with advanced prostate cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January 2001 and December 2001, 32 patients with advanced prostate cancer underwent bilateral sub-capsular orchiectomy at our Hospital. The costs of this procedure were compared to the costs of medical castration w...
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عنوان ژورنال: International braz j urol
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1677-5538
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382003000200006