## BACKGROUND. Nearly all cases of metastatic prostate carcinoma progress, after hormonal ablation, to a hormone refractory status. To the authors' knowledge no standard chemotherapy for patients with hormone refractory prostate carcinoma (HRPC) exists. In a prospective study, the efficacy and toxi
Vinorelbine and estramustine in androgen-independent metastatic prostate cancer : A Phase II study
โ Scribed by Matthew R. Smith; Donald Kaufman; William Oh; Kimberly Guerin; Michael Seiden; Thomas Makatsoris; Judith Manola; Philip W. Kantoff
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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