Anna Ferrari, MD, Professor and Co-Director GU Research at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses new research led by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology group looking at a RCT of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) vs ADT plus taxotere for 6 cycles.

The rationale behind the trial is to look at the efficacy of chemotherapy in androgen dependent disease. Chemotherapy has proven in androgen independent disease previously.

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