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• Urologic oncology · Nov 2013

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  Commentary on "Abiraterone in metastatic prostate cancer without previous chemotherapy." Ryan CJ, Smith MR, de Bono JS, Molina A, Logothetis CJ, de Souza P, Fizazi K, Mainwaring P, Piulats JM, Ng S, Carles J, Mulders PF, Basch E, Small EJ, Saad F, Schrijvers D, Van Poppel H, Mukherjee SD, Suttmann H, Gerritsen WR, Flaig TW, George DJ, Yu EY, Efstathiou E, Pantuck A, Winquist E, Higano CS, Taplin ME, Park Y, Kheoh T, Griffin T, Scher HI, Rathkopf DE; COU-AA-302 Investigators, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA. N Engl J Med 2013;368(2):138-48 [Epub 2012 Dec 10]; N Engl J Med 2013;368(6):584.

  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. ⋯ Abiraterone improved radiographic progression-free survival, showed a trend toward improved overall survival, and significantly delayed clinical decline and initiation of chemotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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• Urologic oncology · Nov 2013

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  Commentary on "Androgen-deprivation therapy alone or with docetaxel in non-castrate metastatic prostate cancer (GETUG-AFU 15): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial." Gravis G, Fizazi K, Joly F, Oudard S, Priou F, Esterni B, Latorzeff I, Delva R, Krakowski I, Laguerre B, Rolland F, Théodore C, Deplanque G, Ferrero JM, Pouessel D, Mourey L, Beuzeboc P, Zanetta S, Habibian M, Berdah JF, Dauba J, Baciuchka M, Platini C, Linassier C, Labourey JL, Machiels JP, El Kouri C, Ravaud A, Suc E, Eymard JC, Hasbini A, Bousquet G, Soulie M, Medical Oncology and Biostatistics, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France. Lancet Oncol 2013;14(2):149-58 [Epub 2013 Jan 8].

  Early chemotherapy might improve the overall outcomes of patients with metastatic non-castrate (i.e., hormone-sensitive) prostate cancer. We investigated the effects of the addition of docetaxel to androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for patients with metastatic non-castrate prostate cancer. ⋯ Docetaxel should not be used as part of first-line treatment for patients with non-castrate metastatic prostate cancer.

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