METHODS Patients at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital were classified into the stage of their
disease according to established criteria. 12 Twenty-eight patients with stage 3 or 4 disease …

RESULTS Pre-treatment testosterone levels. Among the 68 patients with stage III disease
the plasma testosterone was 0.56 plus or minus 0.257 µg. per 100 ml.(mean plus or minus …

Abstract From June 1982 to February 1985, 53 patients with stage D2 carcinoma of the
prostate confirmed by tissue biopsy, elevated prostatic acid phosphatase and a positive …

In 245 patients with previously untreated advanced carcinoma of the prostate, serum
concentrations of testosterone have been measured before androgen deprivation therapy …

Plasma testosterone has been estimated by radioimmunoassay in 109 patients with
prostatic carcinoma and 18 men of similar age with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Stilboestrol …

Since Huggins and Hodges demonstrated androgen-dependence of prostatic cancer, 1
many investigators have shown that anti-androgenic treatment, including estrogen …

Dihydrotestosterone concentrations have been measured in prostatic tissue from patients
with recurrent advanced prostatic cancer after 1.0 to 5.0 mg. diethylstilbestrol per day or …

Twenty‐six men in whom the diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma had been established
recently and ten men with prostatic carcinoma in relapse after orchiectomy were …

Because it is well known that prostatic cancer is dependent on testosterone, and that
dihydrotestosterone is the active mediator of the androgen action in the prostatic cell, we …

With accurate, inexpensive plasma testosterone assays now available it is possible to
monitor the efficacy of hormonal manipulation in the patient with adenocarcinoma of the …