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Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the main systemic treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. However, the indications for ADT have been expanded to locally advanced disease with development of medical castration. Reversible medical androgen deprivation has facilitated adjuvant ADT in men with high-risk features treated with radiation or surgery. Considering the toxic effects of androgen deprivation and deterioration in quality of life, permanent androgen deprivation in patients with symptom-free biochemical recurrence seems unsuitable.
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Lee, K.W., Lee, J.Y. (2018). Intermittent Versus Continuous ADT for Advanced Prostate Cancer. In: Kim, C. (eds) Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6943-7_14
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