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The Non‐hormone Chemotherapy of Prostatic Cancer
Author(s) -
JONES M. A.,
WILLIAMS GRANT
Publication year - 1980
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.1980.tb02941.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , hormone , oncology , chemotherapy , toxicity , hormone therapy , prostate cancer , urology , breast cancer
Summary— Seventeen patients with hormone resistant prostatic cancer were treated with chemotherapheutic drugs. An overall response rate of 64% was obtained. In this study the toxicity rate was 29%. The problems of defining response in prostatic cancer are discussed and a protocol for the future is outlined.