What is the role of androgen deprivation therapy in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer?

Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2008 Nov;5(11):584-5. doi: 10.1038/ncpuro1217. Epub 2008 Sep 23.

Abstract

This Practice Point commentary discusses the paper by Horwitz and colleagues, which reported the long-term results of the RTOG 92-02 trial in which patients with locally advanced, node-negative prostate cancer who were treated with neoadjuvant-concurrent hormone ablation therapy and external beam radiation therapy (70 Gy) were subsequently randomized to receive either no further androgen deprivation or long-term (2-year) goserelin therapy. The results at 10 years confirm biochemical and clinical outcome benefits with the use of long-term androgen deprivation therapy for patients treated with conventional-dose radiotherapy. How these results should best be incorporated into dose-escalated radiotherapeutic approaches remains unclear, however, and this issue requires further investigation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Androgen Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Androgens / blood
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy

Substances

  • Androgen Antagonists
  • Androgens
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal