Update on the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: The Role of Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy

[摘要] In the last two decades there have been numerous changes in the treatment of prostate cancer. With advances in early detection, primarily driven by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurement, improvements in therapeutic approaches for clinically localized disease and earlier utilization of androgen deprivation therapy have been widely adopted. Both the incidence of and, more recently, the rate of mortality from prostatic carcinoma in the United States have declined. Although it is too early to state definitively, the drop in mortality may be related to earlier diagnosis and aggressive, effective therapy.

[学科分类] 基础医学