Drug therapy of prostatic cancer

RP Huben, SD Perrapato - Drugs & Aging, 1991 - Springer
While hormonal therapy has been the usual and appropriate treatment of advanced or
metastatic prostatic cancer for the past 50 years, the recent development of new therapeutic …

Flutamide and other antiandrogens in the treatment of advanced prostatic carcinoma

PC Sogani, WF Whitmore Jr - Endocrine Therapies in Breast and Prostate …, 1988 - Springer
Prostatic cancer is the second most common malignancy in males and the third leading
cause of cancer deaths in men in the United States. It is estimated that in 1987 there were …

Current concepts in the management of prostatic cancer

FH Schröder - American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1988 - journals.lww.com
In most western countries, carcinoma of the prostate is the second most frequent cause of
cancer death following car-cinoma of the lung. In the pathogenesis of clinical carcinoma of …

Comparison of various hormonal therapies for prostatic carcinoma.

J Geller, JD Albert - Seminars in Oncology, 1983 - europepmc.org
The goals of hormonal therapy for prostatic cancer are to decrease circulating plasma
testosterone to castration levels; prevent a rise in or reduce circulating prolactin; and block …

Treatment of prostate cancer with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists

F Labrie, A Dupont, A Belanger, R St-Arnaud… - Endocrine …, 1986 - academic.oup.com
IT IS now well established that chronic treatment with GnRH agonists offers an
advantageous alternative to orchiectomy and estrogens for the treatment of prostate cancer …

Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists for treatment of advanced prostatic carcinoma

GW Chodak - Urology, 1989 - Elsevier
The identification of the decapeptide luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) has
led to the development of LHRH agonists, which are a new class of drugs for the treatment of …

Hormonal therapy of prostate cancer.

F Debruyne - Seminars in urologic oncology, 2002 - europepmc.org
In the 60 years since Huggins first demonstrated the hormone dependency of prostate
cancer, the introduction of various means of hormonal manipulation has resulted in modest …

Hormonal manipulation of metastatic prostate cancer

PH Smith - Current Opinion in Urology, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Within the past 20 years there have been major changes in the hormonal treatment of
metastatic prostatic cancer after the cardiovascular hazard of stilboestrol was recognized …

Are non-steroidal anti-androgens appropriate as monotherapy in advanced prostate cancer?

L Boccon-Gibod - European urology, 1998 - karger.com
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of non-steroidal anti-androgen monotherapy in the
treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Methods: The pertinent literature regarding the use …

The treatment of advanced prostatic cancer with drugs and hormones

CML Coppin - Drug and Hormone Resistance in Neoplasia, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Prostatic cancer is by far the most common hormone-sensitive tumor in men, and as such
has great potential for exploration and exploitation of hormonal and chemotherapeutic …