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Is there a best castration?
Author(s) -
Griffiths K.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19931215)72:12+<3807::aid-cncr2820721709>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , castration , prostate cancer , luteinizing hormone , endocrine system , androgen , hormone , gold standard (test) , disease , surgery , oncology , cancer
Androgen ablation by bilateral orchidectomy has long been considered the gold standard against which other forms of treatment for the management of advanced prostate cancer can be evaluated. It now is recognized that the use of luteinizing hormone‐releasing hormone analogs provides a form of primary endocrine therapy that is as effective as surgical castration for the treatment of disseminated disease.