Subcapsular Orchiectomy in the Primary Therapy of Patients with Bone Metastasis in Advanced Prostate Cancer: An Anachronistic Intervention?
Background. The therapeutic impact of palliative androgen deprivation in metastatic prostate cancer is indisputable. Bilateral orchiectomy represents the traditional method of AD but was reduced during the last years in favor for treatment with LHRH analogues. Due to limited economic resources of th...
Main Authors: | Oleg Rud, Julia Peter, Reza Kheyri, Christian Gilfrich, Ali M. Ahmed, Wieland Boeckmann, Paul G. Fabricius, Matthias May |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Urology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/190624 |
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