Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: Neoadjuvant
Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapy Followed by Radical Prostatectomy: Feasibility
and Preliminary Results
>PURPOSE: We assessed the feasibility and
efficacy of integrating chemotherapy and androgen ablation with radical
prostatectomy in >patients with locally advanced prostate cancer. The
neoadjuvant approach was adopted because it allows an in situ assessment
of >antitumoral activity. > > http://www.jco.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/5/1050