Neoadjuvant therapy in localized prostate cancer before surgery and radiotherapy

摘要

Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy brings the possiblity of improving the results of radical treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer. While the advantages of this therapy combined with radiotherapy and cryosurgery are encouraging, as yet the positive effects of initial hormonal ablation before radical prostatectomy are still not proven. Curr Opin Urol 8:381ndash;386. copy; 1998 Lippincott Williams amp; Wilkins.