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Does chemotherapy help improve the quality of life in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer?

April 26, 2017chemotherapy help hormone-refractory life Patients prostate cancer quality

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Does chemotherapy help improve the quality of life in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer?

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Question: I am in a lot of pain from hormone-refractory prostate cancer. My oncologist wants me to go on chemotherapy. Will it help relieve my symptoms? Answer: Yes. Before the use of Taxotere® (docetaxel) and prednisone, the combination of Novantrone® (mitoxantrone, another chemotherapeutic drug) and prednisone showed a definite improvement in the quality of life compared with prednisone alone. Docetaxel combinations further improve quality of life as well as showing a survival difference.