title: [Treatment of prostatic cancer with an LH-RH agonist: the D Trp6 LH-RH. Preliminary results in 30 cases].
abstract: Thirty patients with advanced prostatic cancers (8 stage C, and 22 stage D) were treated for at least three months with D Trp6 LH-RH, a powerful LH-RH agonist. In all the cases in which the testosterone levels had been normal before treatment, the treatment led to a decline to the levels observed after castration. In seven cases, the drop was preceded by a rise in the first few days of treatment. Twenty two patients reacted favorably to the "medical castration" resulting from LH-RH agonists (11 improved and 11 remained stable). The improvements were mainly noted in patients who had not undergone previous treatment. Four deaths were registered in patients already at an advanced stage. Two of these patients presented with visceral metastases in circumstances such that a sudden deterioration due to the agonists cannot be excluded.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002369:Castration; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000032:analysis; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000032:analysis; D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate
chemical_list: D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone
vernacular_title: Traitement du cancer de la prostate par un agoniste de la LH-RH: le D Trp6 LH-RH. Résultats préliminaires à propos de trente observations.