Secondary prostate cancer.

The hormone-sensitive cells die and the hormone-resistant cells overgrow, resulting in disease progression.

The drug of choice for secondary treatment is estramustine Estracyt. The success of the therapy is followed by changes of the prostate-specific antigen level and Secondary prostate cancer scale.

In the present study, the results of estramustine treatment of 79 patients with advanced prostate cancer in 12 hospitals were evaluated. The mean prostate-specific antigen level improved for 6 months, but rose from the ninth month on.

The improvement in the subjective condition of the patients paralleled the change in the prostate-specific antigen level. The short time of improvement was a consequence of the very high prostate-specific antigen level and the poor general condition.

Stories of Advanced Prostate Cancer Survivors - Ask a Prostate Expert, Mark Scholz, MD

Estramustine administration is recommended when the prostate-specific antigen level becomes more than doubled following primary treatment. If the prostate-specific antigen level has not decreased after treatment for 3 months, the secondary strategy is to apply chemotherapy.

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