Prostate cancer (PCa) has been recognized as an androgen-sensitive disease since the investigations from Huggins and Hodges in 1941. Thanks to these findings, they received the Nobel Prize in 1966. This was the beginning of the development of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as treatment for patients with PCa.
To summarize the current indications of ADT in localized PCa.
We conducted a comprehensive English and Spanish language literature research, focused on the main indications for ADT in localized PCa.
Nowadays, the indications for ADT as monotherapy in localized PCa have been limited to specific situations, to patients unwilling or unable to receive any form of local treatment if they have a PSA-DT < 12 months, and either a PSA > 50 ng/mL, a poorly differentiated tumor, or troublesome local disease-related symptoms. ADT can be used in combination with local treatment in different scenarios. Although neoadjuvant treatment with ADT prior to surgery with curative intent has no clear oncological impact, as a future sight, PCa is a heterogeneous disease, and there could be a group of patients with high-risk localized disease that could benefit.
We need to optimize the treatment with ADT in localized PCa, selecting the patients accordingly to their disease characteristics. Given that the therapeutic armamentarium evolves day by day, there is a need for the development of new clinical trials, as well as a molecular studies of patients to identify those who might benefit from an early multimodal treatment.
Actas urologicas espanolas. 2022 Aug 05 [Epub]
J Gómez Rivas, L Fernandez, P Abad-Lopez, J Moreno-Sierra
Departamento de Urología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Salud, Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: ., Departamento de Urología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain., Instituto de Salud, Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain.