Urologie pro praxi 1/2008
HORMONAL REGULATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF INTERVENTION IN PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT
HORMONAL REGULATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF INTERVENTION IN PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT Since pivotal studies in 40´s of 20th century, hormonal therapy become the mainstay for the management of patiens with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. In recent years, however, there has been an evolution towards increasing hormonal treatment of younger men with lower stage of disease or recurrent disease after definitive treatment. It is frequently used as a part of a multimodality approach.
Keywords: prostate, carcinoma, hormons, androgens.
