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Nature Reviews Urology 2, 464–465 (1 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpuro0280

Neoadjuvant androgen deprivation delays curative radiotherapy

Tamsin Osborne

Martinez AA et al. (2005) Lack of benefit from a short course of androgen deprivation for unfavorable prostate cancer patients treated with an accelerated hypofractionated regime. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62: 1322–1331 Short-term androgen deprivation confers no benefit in high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with high-dose radiotherapy, according to Martinez and colleagues.