Advanced carcinoma of the prostate — does the pre-treatment Leydig cell function determine the response to orchidectomy?
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- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 54 (630) , 261-264
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.54.630.261
Abstract
Summary: In a study of twenty patients there was no support for the hypothesis that the response to orchidectomy of patients with advanced prostatic cancer depends on pre-operative Leydig cell function. The only significant prognostic factor was the histological grade of the primary tumour.Keywords
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