APPLICATION OF INITIAL DOSES OF LHRH ANALOGUES AND MAINTENANCE DOSES OF LHRH ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HORMONE-DEPENDENT CANCERS AND CORRESPONDING PHARMACEUTICAL KITS

摘要

LHRH analogues and LHRH antagonists for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of hormone-dependent cancers, in particular prostate cancer, prostate carcinoma and/or advanced prostate carcinoma, by administering an initial dose of an LHRH analogue over a first period sufficient to effect hormonal castration, then administering a maintenance dose of an LHRH antagonist over a second period, the dose being insufficient to achieve and/or maintain hormonal castration.