Not exact matches
After the patient has returned home from the hospital, the next stage of treatment is consolidation, in which patients
receive several
additional rounds of
chemotherapy to build upon the effects of induction.
An
additional 29 patients
received GO as part of their second round of three - drug
chemotherapy.
The ongoing study will assess quality of life for women
receiving the
additional drug and the role of secondary surgery before
chemotherapy.
This translated into a median overall survival of 57.6 months for men who
received early
chemotherapy compared with 44 months in the group given ADT as the only initial treatment — more than a year of
additional life.