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ArticleCentral European journal of urology2021

Androgen deprivation monotherapy usage in non-metastatic prostate cancer: results from eight European countries.

Dionysios Mitropoulos, Piotr Chlosta, Michael Häggman, Torbjorn Ström, Vyron Markussis

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Article in Central European journal of urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dionysios MitropoulosNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, 1 Department of Urology, Athens, Greece.
Piotr ChlostaJagiellonian University, Department of Urology, Cracow, Poland.
Michael HäggmanUppsala University Hospital, Department of Urology, Uppsala, Sweden.
Torbjorn StrömIpsen Sweden, Medical Department, Stockholm, Sweden.
Vyron MarkussisIpsen Greece, Medical Department, Athens, Greece.
Uppsala University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes towards use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as monotherapy for localized or locally advanced prostate cancer (PC). MATERIAL AND

methodsA survey using a 28-item, structured, quantitative questionnaire about the management of patients with PC was conducted in eight European countries between February and May 2018. Survey recipients were selected from a private database of healthcare providers.

resultsOverall, 375 physicians completed the survey (response rate, 58%). Participants were urologists (71.2%) or medical oncologists (28.8%), with a mean practice duration of 19.9 years and with university hospital or cancer center (41.6%), non-teaching hospital (38.4%) or private-sector clinic (20.0%) affiliations. Median proportions of physicians considering ADT as monotherapy to treat patients with PC in different risk groups varied between countries, but overall were: high/very high-risk, 60%; intermediate-risk, 30%; low-risk, 7.5%. The use of ADT monotherapy in the different risk groups also varied by medical specialty and type of affiliation. Proportions of participants applying different target thresholds for testosterone (T) levels also varied by country, but overall were: <50 ng/dL, 29.9%; <32 ng/dL, 4.8%; <20 ng/dL, 54.3%; castration but no specific target, 11%. More than half of participants (58.7%) determined target T levels only when prostate-specific antigen level was increased.

conclusionsOur multinational survey provides evidence that PC management varies across European countries and with clinical context, and frequently diverges from European Association of Urology (EAU) - European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) - European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) - International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) guidelines. Strategies for effective implementation of evidence-based recommendations in clinical practice may be needed to optimize patient outcomes.

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androgen deprivation therapycastration levelsEuropean Association of Urology guidelinesprostate cancertestosterone

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PMCPMC8318023
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