In men with locally advanced prostate cancer, extended goserelin improved disease-free survival versus short-term ADT, reducing failure by 29% (P<.0001).
In plain wordsIn men with prostate cancer, extended goserelin improved disease-free survival compared with short-term treatment.
- Peptide
- Goserelin
- Outcome
- IncreaseDisease-free survival
- Study
n = 1,520
- Comparator
- Short-term ADT plus radiotherapy
- Outcome group
- Tumor growth · Cancer
- Studied dose
- 3.6 mg per month · Additional 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Relative reduction in failure rate
- 29%
- LTAD versus STAD; adjusted analysis; P<.0001
Source sentences
In analysis adjusted for prognostic covariates, LTAD improved disease-free survival (29% relative reduction in failure rate, P<.0001)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
to short-term ADT (STAD: 4 months of flutamide 250 mg 3 times per day and goserelin 3.6 mg per month) and definitive RT versus long-term ADT (LTAD: STAD with definitive RT plus an additional 24 months of monthly goserelin).