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CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE AND THE EFFECT OF ÆSTROGEN THERAPY
Author(s) -
Robb W. A. T.,
Roemmele P. M.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1954.tb04739.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hormonal therapy , prostate , carcinoma , disease , prostate carcinoma , surgery , prostate cancer , oncology , cancer
SUMMARY1 One hundred and fourteen cases of carcinoma of the prostate have been reviewed. A study has been made of the course of the disease and the salient features have been analysed. 2 The survival of those patients who had no hormonal therapy has been compared with that of those who received æstrogens. The average duration of survival from the time of diagnosis was sixteen months in the first group and thirty‐three months in the second. Few of those patients who had no hormonal treatment survived for three years from the time of onset of symptoms, while the majority of the æstrogen‐treated group lived for more than three years. 3 Despite the beneficial effects of æstrogens which generally prolonged life and relieved symptoms, in one‐third of the cases the course of the disease was not apparently altered.