Recovery of hormone sensitivity after salvage brachytherapy for hormone refractory localized prostate cancer

Recovery of hormone sensitivity after salvage brachytherapy for hormone refractory localized prostate cancer

PURPOSE: Recent work has demonstrated the return of hormone sensitivity after palliative chemotherapy in androgen independent prostate cancer. We wished to establish whether a similar phenomenon existed in patients with no exposure to chemotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A review of “hormo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dan Smith, P. Nick Plowman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2010-06-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
prostatic neoplasm
androgen antagonists
brachytherapy
radiotherapy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382010000300004

Internet

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382010000300004

Similar Items