## BACKGROUND. Hormonotherapy temporarily controls symptoms in 80% of patients with metastatic prostate carcinoma. Once progression occurs, no consensus exists on further therapy. Oral etoposide (vp-16) has shown clinical efficacy in advanced small cell lung carcinoma, breast cancer, germ cell tum
Oral etoposide in the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer
โ Scribed by Maha H. Hussain; Kenneth J. Pienta; Bruce G. Redman; Glenn D. Cummings; Lawrence E. Flaherty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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