Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy and radical prostatectomy for clinical stage C carcinoma of the prostate.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether hormonal therapy prior to radical prostatectomy (neoadjuvant hormonal therapy) leads to improved results in patients with stage C prostate cancer.


METHODS
Thirty patients received neoadjuvant hormonal therapy for stage C carcinoma of the prostate. Eighteen patients who responded to treatment subsequently underwent extirpative surgery.


RESULTS
Fourteen of the 30 patients (47%) were diagnosed as being downstaged to clinical stage B disease following therapy. No major complications occurred. Pathology staging revealed only three patients (10%) to have organ-confined disease after radical prostatectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy prior to radical prostatectomy offers little probability of rendering patients with clinical stage C carcinoma of the prostate free of disease. Further investigation of the efficacy of this treatment should be accomplished in randomized trials.
Narayan
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Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco.
Lowe
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Carroll
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Thompson
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IM
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005485:Flutamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D016729:Leuprolide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D005485:Flutamide; D016729:Leuprolide