Dramatic decline in prostate-specific antigen by withdrawal of estramustine phosphate in hormone refractory prostate cancer
โ Scribed by MIZUKI KOBAYASHI; HIROSHI KURAMOTO; JUNICHIRO OTA; NAOHIRO FUJIMOTO
- Book ID
- 108977173
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0919-8172
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Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States. Unfortunately, there is no effective therapy when prostate cancer becomes metastatic and refractory to conventional treatments. For this reason, the identification and exploration of new agents that red
## BACKGROUND. Although many physicians measure serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) during the follow-up of patients with hormone refractory prostate carcinoma (HRPC), little has been done to formalize the determination of how these serial values of PSA impact on prognosis. To understand HRPC fu