Indications and Practice With Androgen Deprivation Therapy - 05/11/11
, Mack Roach d, Robert Dreicer e, fRésumé |
The Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urological Research Endeavor (CaPSURE) is an ongoing longitudinal observational study of current trends in prostate cancer staging and treatment across a spectrum of different treatment facilities in the United States. To date, the study has documented 2 principal findings: (a) a large variation exists in the treatment choices applied to similar patient presentations across the range of facility type, size, and geographic location in the United States; and (b) although it does not seem to make much difference in mortality outcomes which approach—hormonal therapy, radiotherapy, or surgery—is applied to men at low or intermediate risk, a survival benefit exists with surgery for men at high risk.
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| Financial Disclosure: J. W. Moul is a member of the Speaker's Bureau for Sanofi-Aventis, Astra-Zeneca, GSK, and Ferring. A. S. Kibel has received grant/research support from Sanofi Aventis, worked as a consultant for Dendreon, Sanofi Aventis, and Centocor Ortho Biotech, is a member of the Speaker's Bureau for Sanofi Aventis and Dendreon, and receives financial or other material support from Dendreon, Sanofi Aventis, and Centocor Ortho Biotech; and R. Dreicer has received grant/research support from Millenium and worked as a consultant for Sanofi Aventis, Novartis, Astra Zeneca, GTX, EMD Serano, Boehringer Ingelheim, Centecor Ortho Biotech, and Millenium |
Vol 78 - N° 5S
P. S478-S481 - novembre 2011 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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