05-16-2007, 06:58 AM
A 75-year-old man is diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer as a result of a diagnostic work-up of back pain. He has no evidence of spinal cord compression or impending bone fractures, but he has diffuse skeletal metastases.
What course of therapy would you recommend?
(A) Single-agent diethylstilbestrol
(B) A single luteinizing hormone“releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue
© A single nonsteroidal antiandrogen such as flutamide
(D) An LHRH analogue plus flutamide (complete androgen blockade)
(E) An LHRH analogue plus chemotherapy (mitoxantrone
What course of therapy would you recommend?
(A) Single-agent diethylstilbestrol
(B) A single luteinizing hormone“releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue
© A single nonsteroidal antiandrogen such as flutamide
(D) An LHRH analogue plus flutamide (complete androgen blockade)
(E) An LHRH analogue plus chemotherapy (mitoxantrone