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The standard treatment for patients with castration-refractory prostate cancer (CRPC) is the combination docetaxel-prednisone, if the patient can support chemotherapy. Several new treatments have been tested in chemotherapy-naïve or docetaxel-pretreated patients with CRPC. Some of these treatments have shown activity in first-line and second-line treatment. In this review, an update is given of new treatment studies performed in patients with CRPC.
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Schrijvers, D., Van Erps, P. & Cortvriend, J. Castration-refractory prostate cancer: New drugs in the pipeline. Adv Therapy 27, 285–296 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-010-0038-1
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