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Is total androgen blockade useful in metastatic prostate cancer?

April 26, 2017androgen blockade metastatic prostate cancer total useful

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Is total androgen blockade useful in metastatic prostate cancer?

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Original article Ansari MS et al. (2004) Combined androgen blockade in the management of advanced prostate cancer: a sensible or ostensible approach. Int J Urol 11: 1092–1096 PubMedA recent study by Ansari and colleagues has shown that orchiectomy alone was equally as effective as orchiectomy plus flutamide in the treatment of men with metastatic carcinoma of the prostate.