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Intermittent hormonal therapy less effective than continuous therapy when treating advanced prostate cancer

2012 ASCO Annual Meeting

Published: 3 Jun 2012

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Dr Maha Hussain - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

At a press conference during the ASCO 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago, June 1st - June 4th, Dr Maha Hussain presents results from a long-term, multicenter Phase III international clinical trial comparing two common therapies for men with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer.

Results from the study show that intermittent hormonal therapy is less effective than continuous hormonal therapy in men with minimal disease spread.

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