Current trends in the management of carcinoma of the prostate.
Prostatic carcinoma is a fairly common tumor and its diagnosis should always have a histological basis. Staging of the tumour by the TNM system permits a more rational approach to the choice of therapy--radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy and/or hormonal manipulation. To date there is no hormonal therapy convincingly superior to the use of oestrogen or the undertaking of bilateral orchidectomy. Chemotherapy has so far been disappointing.
D002369:Castration; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000628:therapy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
D004967:Estrogens