## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The current systematic review and metaβanalysis compared monotherapy and combined androgen blockade in the treatment of men with advanced prostate carcinoma. Outcomes of interest included overall, cancer specific, and progressionβfree survival; time to treatment failure;
Monotherapy versus combined androgen blockade in patients with advanced prostate cancer
β Scribed by Abelardo Errejon; E. David Crawford
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
Despite a number of large randomized clinical trials, there still is uncertainty regarding the value of maximal androgen blockade in the treatment of patients with advanced prostate carcinoma. In the referenced article, the authors provide a very comprehensive review of the literature concerning one of the most controversial issues in contemporary urology.
See also pages 361β76.
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