NEOADJUVANT ANDROGEN ABLATION BEFORE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY IN cT2bNxMo PROSTATE CANCER: 5-YEAR RESULTS

Abstract

Although 3 months of androgen deprivation before radical prostatectomy resulted in an apparently significant decrease in positive surgical margins, a 5-year followup does not indicate any difference in the recurrence rate. Until studies document improvement in biochemical or clinical recurrence with longer periods of treatment, induction androgen deprivation before radical prostatectomy is not indicated.