“…In these 5 patients, PSA levels decreased during pretreatment and remained well beneath pretreatment levels. The mean absolute values of serum testosterone in each treatment group are shown in Tsushima/Nasu/Saika/Maki/Noda/Suyama/ Yamato/Kumon [5] G DES 3 mg -28F T + Takeuchi et al [6] G DES-DP 500 mg i.v. -7,0F T, PAP, PSA -7:+, 0:-Shimizu et al [7] G ECT 560 mg -21F PAP, PSA + Boccon-Gibod et al [8] Buserelin CPA 300 mg -7F T + Schulze and Senge [9] G CPA 200 mg -7F T, PAP + Bruchovsky et al [10] G CPA 100 mg + DES 0.1 mg -28F T, PAP, PSA + Yoshida and Takeuchi [11] L CMA 100 mg -28, -14F T, PSA -28:+, -14:B Yamamoto et al [12] G or L CMA 100 mg -28, -14F T, PSA + Kuhn et al [13] Buserelin Niltamide 300 mg 0F PSA + Labrie et al [14] D-Trp 6 Gn-RH Flutamide 750 mg -1F PAP + Schulze and Senge [9] G Flutamide 750 mg -7, -1F PAP -7:+, -1:B Present study L Flutamide 375 mg -28, -14, -7,0F PSA + GnRHa = Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist; G = goserelin; L = leuprorelin; T = testosterone; PAP = prostatic acid phosphatase; PSA = prostate specific antigen; DES = diethylstilbestrol; CPA = cyproterone acetate; ECT = estramustine phosphate; DES-DP = fosfestrol; CMA = chlormadinone acetate.…”