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To the Editor: Medical castration with long-acting gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists is an effective therapy for men with metastatic prostate cancer.^1,2 Initially, these agonists had to be given daily, but depot preparations that can be administered at intervals of one to three months are now available.^3,4 We describe here the response to a longer-acting implant releasing the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist histrelin (Hydron, Hydro Med Sciences) in men with prostate cancer.

We treated 13 men 65 to 88 years of age who had prostate cancer that extended beyond the prostate capsule with 50 mg of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist histrelin, administered with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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