HORMONAL PATTERN IN PROSTATIC-CANCER .2. CORRELATION WITH PRIMARY RESPONSE TO ENDOCRINE TREATMENT
HORMONAL PATTERN IN PROSTATIC-CANCER .2. CORRELATION WITH PRIMARY RESPONSE TO ENDOCRINE TREATMENT
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10.1530/acta.0.0980634
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1981-01-01
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KARONEN, SL
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ADLERCREUTZ, H;RANNIKKO, S;KARONEN, SL
In 32 subjects with histologically and/or cytologically verified prostatic cancer the hormonal pattern was studied by assaying 18 plasma and urinary hormones or groups of hormones and relating the values to the response to endocrine treatment. Total orchiectomy (orchiepididymectomy) was performed on 9 patients, subcapsular orchiectomy on 13 patients and estrogen therapy with Estradurin was given in 4 patients. Six patients had total orchiectomy followed by estrogen therapy. With few exceptions all values were within the normal range. The only significant exceptions were the high urinary estrogen values and the low urinary estrone + estradiol/estriol ratio observed as compared to healthy males working in a factory. No urinary hormone values or ratios of hormone values could be used for the prediction of prognosis in prostatic carcinoma patients. However, the ratios of plasma testosterone/estradiol (T/E2) and testosterone/prolactin (T/Prl) gave good information with regard to the response to endocrine treatment. High values for 1 or both of these ratios meant a good response to treatment in all subjects without exception in this material. Subjects with both ratios low had a good response to endocrine treatment in 50% of the cases. No other plasma hormones measured were of any help prognostically. By measuring the T/E2 and T/Prl ratios a group of patients with favorable primary response to endocrine treatment may be selected.