title: Total androgen suppression: experience from the Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group Study No. 2.
abstract: A total of 294 patients with metastatic prostatic cancer were randomized prospectively in a Scandinavian multicenter study to either bilateral orchiectomy+placebo or orchiectomy+cyproterone acetate (CPA). The study was double blind. Patients with histologically verified prostatic cancer, with diagnosed skeletal metastases on X-ray or bone scintigrams and histological grade 1 and 2 were included: T0-4NXM1G1-2. 273 evaluable patients were followed either to progression, death or for a period of 3 years. 195 of these patients showed disease progression during the 3-year treatment period, 29 had stable disease and 49 patients experienced disease remission. The Kaplan-Meier analyses showed that time to progression as well as time to death for patients treated with castration+placebo are identical to that for patients treated with castration+PCA. Total androgen blockade with this antiandrogen was not superior to the standard orchiectomy treatment.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Cancer Society, Oslo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Tveter
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D017373:Cyproterone Acetate