Diethylstilbestrol in castration-resistant prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 11 B, 2012, Pages

  Wilkins, Anna ^a   Shahidi, Mehdi ^a   Parker, Chris ^a   Gunapala, Ranga ^a   Thomas, Karen ^a   Huddart, Robert ^a   Horwich, Alan ^a   Dearnaley, David ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Castration resistant prostate cancer; Diethylstilbestrol; Oestrogen; PSA response rate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANTIANDROGEN; BICALUTAMIDE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; WARFARIN; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG THROMBOSIS; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876428674     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11546.x     Document Type: Article

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