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Treatment of advanced prostate cancer
1Department of Urology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hormone Research
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
In the management of advanced prostatic cancer, available treatments are reviewed. Preliminary results of several studies show a better response to complete androgen blockade than to conventional treatments. Prostatic tumour consists of androgen-dependent and -independent cells, and the continued growth of the latter, following androgen ablation, results in relapse.