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Review: maximum androgen blockade does not confer additional survival benefit to androgen suppression in prostate cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.6.1.17

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    (2000) Lancet 355, 1491. Prostate Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group.. Maximum androgen blockade in advanced prostate cancer: an overview of the randomised trials.. Apr 29;. :. –8. .
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 QUESTION: In men with prostate cancer, is maximum androgen blockade (MAB) better than androgen suppression (AS) alone for prolonging survival?

    Data sources

    Studies were identified by searching computerised databases, trial registers, meeting abstracts, and reference lists and by contacting investigators and pharmaceutical companies.

    Study selection

    Studies were selected if they were randomised trials that began before 1991 and compared MAB (AS plus an antiandrogen, such as nilutamide, flutamide, or cyproterone acetate) with AS alone and if the treatment was given for ≥1 year.

    Data extraction

    Information was requested for each patient on stage of disease, age at randomisation, date of randomisation, treatment allocation, date of last follow up, date of death, and cause of death.

    Main results

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    • Sources of funding: Netherlands Cancer Institute; Imperial Cancer Research Fund; UK Medical Research Council; European Union.

    • For correspondence: PCTCG Secretariat, Biometrics Department, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 Cx Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Fax +31 20 617 2625.