Impact of local treatment on overall survival of patients with metastatic prostate cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Context Currently, standard treatment of metastatic prostatic cancer (MPCa) is androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). Recent studies suggested that local treatment of MPCa is related to increase of survival of those patients, as observed in other tumors. Objective To evaluate the impact of...

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Main Authors: Arie Carneiro, Willy Baccaglini, Felipe P.A. Glina, Paulo P. Kayano, Victor M. Nunes, Oren Smaletz, Wanderley Marques Bernardo, Icaro Thiago de Carvalho, Gustavo Caserta Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382017000400588&lng=en&tlng=en