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Is there any role for radium-223 early in the course of castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases?

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Medical Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine

In the ALSYMPCA trial, there was a demonstrated benefit of radium-223 on survival and skeletal event delay, regardless of prior docetaxel (Hoskin et al Lancet Oncol 2014), indicating that it is not necessary to give docetaxel first before radium and that radium has clear activity in earlier mCRPC (s...

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