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Third time lucky? Dutasteride for tertiary prevention of prostate cancer

Nature Reviews Urology volume 10, page 63 (2013)Cite this article

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Evidence of the efficacy of dutasteride for prostate cancer prevention is piling up. New research, published in European Urology, suggests that dutasteride treatment can provide protection against disease progression for patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

Dutasteride (marketed as Avodart® by GlaxoSmithKline [USA]) is a dual 5α-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) that hit the headlines in 2011 when the FDA made the decision not to approve its use for the primary prevention of prostate cancer despite promising results from the Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer Events (REDUCE) trial. After REDUCE came REDEEM (Reduction by Dutasteride of Clinical Progression Events in Expectant Management), which demonstrated a role for dutasteride in the secondary prevention of prostate cancer, owing to its ability to slow disease progression in patients with low-risk prostate cancer under active surveillance.

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  1. Schröder, F. et al. Dutasteride treatment over 2 years delays prostate-specific antigen progression in patients with biochemical failure after radical therapy for prostate cancer: results from the randomised, placelbo-controlled Avodart after radical therapy for prostate cancer study (ARTS). Eur. Urol. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2012.11.006

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Payton, S. Third time lucky? Dutasteride for tertiary prevention of prostate cancer. Nat Rev Urol 10, 63 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2012.241

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