PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - Markman, Maurie AU - Dreicer, Robert TI - The evolving role of hormone therapy in advanced prostate cancer DP - 2000 Oct 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 720--726 VI - 67 IP - 10 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/10/720.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/10/720.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2000 Oct 01; 67 AB - Earlier diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer has changed the face of late-stage disease, and the use of mainstay hormonal therapies—orchiectomy, luteinizing hormone releasing-hormone analogs, and combined androgen ablation—are evolving rapidly. New approaches such as antiandrogen monotherapy and intermittent therapy are being evaluated. In addition, palliative treatments for patients with androgen-independent tumors have expanded.