Is Prophylactic Breast Radiotherapy Necessary in All Patients With Prostate Cancer and Gynecomastia and/or Breast Pain?

Ozen, H; Akyol, F; Toktas, G; Eskicorapci, SAADETTİN; Unluer, E; Kuyumcuoglu, U; Abay, E; Cureklibatur, I; Sengoz, KAZIM; Yalcin, V; Akpinar, H; Zorlu, F; Sengor, F; Karaman, I

doi:10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.137

Is Prophylactic Breast Radiotherapy Necessary in All Patients With Prostate Cancer and Gynecomastia and/or Breast Pain?

Ozen H., Akyol F., Toktas G., Eskicorapci S. Y. , Unluer E., Kuyumcuoglu U., ...More

JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.184, no.2, pp.519-524, 2010 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 184 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2010
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.137
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Page Numbers: pp.519-524
Keywords: prostate, prostatic neoplasms, gynecomastia, bicalutamide, radiotherapy, BICALUTAMIDE-INDUCED GYNECOMASTIA, CYPROTERONE-ACETATE, IMMEDIATE THERAPY, FINAL ANALYSIS, STANDARD CARE, 150 MG, CARCINOMA, TRIAL, IRRADIATION, DIETHYLSTILBESTROL

Abstract

Purpose: We investigated the efficacy of prophylactic radiotherapy for gynecomastia/breast pain induced by 150 mg bicalutamide in a prospective, randomized, multi-institutional trial.