Urologie pro praxi 5-6/2007

NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HORMONAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER IN COMBINATION WITH RADIOTHERAPY

The NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) practice guidelines in oncology, in its 2nd version in 2007, slightly changed its recommendations for the treatment of prostate cancer. Some of these changes, which concerns combination external beam radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer, are making both guidelines, European and American ones, almost identical. According to these guidelines, external beam radiotherapy in combination with androgen deprivation therapy in patients with T2c-T4 N0/1 M0 can reduce risk of biochemical and clinical progression. Further more, this combination therapy can improve overall survival in selected patients.

Keywords: prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy, external beam radiotherapy