 Leuprolide
"Leuprolide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A potent synthetic long-acting agonist of GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE that regulates the synthesis and release of pituitary gonadotropins, LUTEINIZING HORMONE and FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE.
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D016729
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D06.472.699.327.740.320.400 D12.644.400.400.740.320.400 D12.644.456.460.480 D12.644.548.365.740.320.400 D12.776.641.650.405.740.320.400
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leuprolide" by people in Profiles.
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D'Amico AV, Chen MH, Renshaw AA, Loffredo B, Kantoff PW. Risk of prostate cancer recurrence in men treated with radiation alone or in conjunction with combined or less than combined androgen suppression therapy. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jun 20; 26(18):2979-83.
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D'Amico AV, Renshaw AA, Loffredo B, Chen MH. Duration of testosterone suppression and the risk of death from prostate cancer in men treated using radiation and 6 months of hormone therapy. Cancer. 2007 Oct 15; 110(8):1723-8.
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D'Amico AV, Manola J, Loffredo M, Renshaw AA, DellaCroce A, Kantoff PW. 6-month androgen suppression plus radiation therapy vs radiation therapy alone for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Aug 18; 292(7):821-7.
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Renshaw AA, Granter SR. Metastatic, sarcomatoid, and PSA- and PAP-negative prostatic carcinoma: diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2000 Sep; 23(3):199-201.
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