Early Versus Delayed Endocrine Treatment Of T2-T3 PN1-3 M0 Prostate Cancer Without Local Treatment Of The Primary Tumour

UroToday.com - Protocol 30846 of the EORTC-GU Group recruited 234 patients with histologically proven lymph node positive disease (pN1-3) according to the TNM classification of 1992. This included regional but not para-aortic lymph node disease. At the time the study was initiated in 1983, lymph node positive disease was encountered in 20 to 50% of cases that were clinically considered to be eligible for radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy.

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Filed under: Cancer on November 2nd, 2008