The large randomized study by Crook et al. demonstrated that intermittent administration of androgen deprivation therapy should be considered the standard of care when patients with moderate and well-differentiated localized prostate cancer are treated for rising PSA levels after definitive radiotherapy.
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Mitin, T., Efstathiou, J. & Shipley, W. The benefits of intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 9, 672–673 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.201
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