Incidence rate of injection-site granulomas resulting from the administration of Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogues for the treatment of prostatic cancer

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-424

  Shiota, Masaki ^a   Tokuda, Noriaki ^a   Kanou, Takehiro ^a   Yamasaki, Humio ^a  

^a Saga Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goserelin acetate; Granulomas; Leuprorelin acetate; LH RH analogue; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROSTATE CANCER; RELAPSE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447563621     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.3.421     Document Type: Article

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