Prostate cancer acinar type,

Secondary prostate cancer Tartalom The hormone-sensitive cells die and the hormone-resistant cells overgrow, resulting in disease progression.

The drug of choice for secondary prostate cancer treatment is estramustine Estracyt. The success of the therapy is followed by changes of the prostate-specific antigen level and Karnofsky scale. In the present study, the results of estramustine treatment of 79 patients with advanced prostate cancer in 12 hospitals were evaluated.

The mean prostate-specific antigen level improved for 6 months, but rose from the ninth month on. The improvement in the subjective condition of the patients paralleled the change in the prostate-specific antigen level.

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The short time of improvement was a consequence of the very high prostate-specific antigen level and the poor general condition. Estramustine administration is recommended when the prostate-specific antigen level becomes more than doubled following primary treatment.

If the prostate-specific antigen level has not decreased after treatment for 3 months, the secondary strategy is to apply chemotherapy. Publication types. További a témáról.