Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on September 21, 2009
Annals of Oncology 2009 20(12):2019-2020; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp456
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Why castration-resistant prostate cancer patients with neuroendocrine differentiation should be addressed to a cisplatin-based regimen
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In a recent paper, Loriot et al. [1] explored the issue of whether carboplatin plus etoposide regimen is more active in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients with neuroendocrine differentiation as opposed to those without. In a patient population resistant to docetaxel therapy, they observed a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rate in
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1 Medical Oncology and Pathology Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Science, Università di Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Luigi, Orbassano
2 Pathology Unit, Ospedale Mauriziano
3 Medical Oncology, Ospedale Civile di Ivrea, Torino, Italy
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