Pricing and Reimbursement Analysis of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer.
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RESULTS According to the European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) bladder preservation strategies available include: intravesical immunotherapy, intravesical chemotherapy, device-assisted therapy and combination therapy. In Serbia, there are three medicines listed for chemotherapy (doxorubicin, epirubicin and mitomycin) and one for intravesical immunotherapy (BCG).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
دوره 17 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014