Androgen Blockade: 18 As Good As 36 Months In Radiotherapy-Treated Prostate Cancer

Androgen Blockade: 18 As Good As 36 Months In Radiotherapy-Treated Prostate Cancer

16/03/2013

ORLANDO, FLORIDA—Patients receiving radiotherapy for high-risk node-negative prostate cancer benefit as much from 18 months of androgen blockade as from the usual 36 months

ORLANDO, FLORIDA—Patients receiving radiotherapy for high-risk node-negative prostate cancer benefit as much from 18 months of androgen blockade as from the usual 36 months but have fewer side effects — according to study findings announced at the 2013 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando by Dr Abdenour Nabid from Sherbrooke University in Quebec.