Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Does early androgen deprivation therapy improve outcome after radical prostatectomy?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 4, pages 20–21 (2007)Cite this article

boxed-textMessing EM et al. (2006) Immediate versus deferred androgen deprivation treatment in patients with node-positive prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. Lancet Oncol 7: 472–479

Background

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Walsh PC et al. (2001) A structured debate: immediate versus deferred androgen suppression in prostate cancer-evidence for deferred treatment. J Urol 166: 508–515

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Nair B et al. (2002) Early versus deferred androgen suppression in the treatment of advanced prostatic cancer. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 1, Art. No CD003506

    Google Scholar 

  3. Palapattu GS et al. (2004) Prostate specific antigen progression in men with lymph node metastases following radical prostatectomy: results of long-term followup. J Urol 172: 1860–1864

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Pagliarulo V et al. (2006) Detection of occult lymph node metastases in locally advanced node-negative prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 24: 2735–2742

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Schumacher MC et al. (2006) Is pelvic lymph node dissection necessary in patients with a serum PSA <10 ng/ml undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer? Eur Urol 50: 272–279

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Carol Lovegrove, Freelance Medical Writer.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. M Jones is a fellow in the Department of Urologic Surgery, and KS Koeneman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urologic Surgery, Director of the Center for Prostate Cancer, and the Dougherty Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,

    Marklyn Jones & Kenneth S Koeneman

Authors
  1. Marklyn Jones
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Kenneth S Koeneman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kenneth S Koeneman.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Jones, M., Koeneman, K. Does early androgen deprivation therapy improve outcome after radical prostatectomy?. Nat Rev Urol 4, 20–21 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0676

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0676

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing