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Abiraterone in Metastatic Prostate Cancer without Previous Chemotherapy

2012; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 368; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa1209096

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Charles J. Ryan, Matthew R. Smith, Johann S. de Bono, Arturo Molina, Christopher J. Logothetis, Paul de Souza, Karim Fizazi, Paul N. Mainwaring, Josep M. Piulats, Siobhan Ng, Joan Carles, Peter F.A. Mulders, Ethan Basch, Eric J. Small, Fred Saad, Dirk Schrijvers, Hendrik Van Poppel, Som D. Mukherjee, H. Suttmann, Winald R. Gerritsen, Thomas W. Flaig, Daniel J. George, Evan Y. Yu, Eleni Efstathiou, Allan J. Pantuck, Eric Winquist, Celestia S. Higano, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Youn Park, Thian Kheoh, Thomas W. Griffin, Howard I. Scher, Dana E. Rathkopf,

Tópico(s)

Hormonal and reproductive studies

Resumo

Abiraterone acetate, an androgen biosynthesis inhibitor, improves overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after chemotherapy. We evaluated this agent in patients who had not received previous chemotherapy.

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