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Comment
. 2012 Dec;9(12):672-3.
doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.201. Epub 2012 Nov 20.

Urological cancer. The benefits of intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy

Timur Mitin  1 , Jason A Efstathiou, William U Shipley
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Urological cancer. The benefits of intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy

Timur Mitin et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

The large randomized study by Crook et al. demonstrated that intermittent administration of androgen deprivation therapy should be considered the standard of care when patients with moderate and well-differentiated localized prostate cancer are treated for rising PSA levels after definitive radiotherapy.

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  • Intermittent androgen suppression for rising PSA level after radiotherapy.
    Crook JM, O'Callaghan CJ, Duncan G, Dearnaley DP, Higano CS, Horwitz EM, Frymire E, Malone S, Chin J, Nabid A, Warde P, Corbett T, Angyalfi S, Goldenberg SL, Gospodarowicz MK, Saad F, Logue JP, Hall E, Schellhammer PF, Ding K, Klotz L. Crook JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 6;367(10):895-903. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1201546. N Engl J Med. 2012. PMID: 22931259 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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