Clinical Study

Efficacy of Immediate Switching from Bicalutamide to Flutamide as Second-Line Combined Androgen Blockade

Table 1

Patient characteristics ().

Mean age, years (range)70.9(52–92)
Mean PSA at the diagnosis, ng/mL (range)760(17.2–5740)
Clinical stage, (%)
 T21 (5)
 T311 (55)
 T48 (40)
Gleason score, (%)
 ≤61 (5)
 73 (15)
 84 (20)
 911 (55)
 101 (5)
Response to first-line CAB therapy, (%)
 Response17 (85)
 PR3 (15)

CAB: combined androgen blockade; PR: partial remission.