METHODS FOR SELECTING PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENTS AND TREATING PROSTATE CANCER

摘要

A method for selection treatment for or treating a patient afflicted with prostate cancer by determining whether the number of copies of HER-2/neu gene in prostate cells from the patient exceeds four by in-situ hybridization and aggressively treating such patient having prostate cells with five or more copies of the HER-2/neu gene. Aggressive treatments include radiation in the range of 60-75 Gy or an anti-HER-2/neu antibody alone or in combination with an anti-androgen.