Improved Survival in Patients with Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy and Goserelin

Bolla, M.; González, Dionisio; Warde, Padraig; Dubois, J.B.; Mirimanoff, René‐Olivier; Storme, Guy; Bernier, Jacques; Kuten, Abraham; N. Sternberg, Cora; Gil, Thierry; Collette, Laurence; Piérart, M.

doi:10.1056/nejm199707313370502

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Improved Survival in Patients with Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy and Goserelin

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 31, 1997

Authors:

M. Bolla

Dionisio González

Padraig Warde

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We conducted a randomized, prospective trial comparing external irradiation with external irradiation plus goserelin (an agonist analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone that reduces testosterone secretion) in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer. METHODS: From 1987 to 1995, ...

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Medicine

Goserelin

Radiation therapy

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