Is adjuvant docetaxel useful for prostate cancer?

Study examines its addition to ADT in patients without metastasis
Clare Pain
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The addition of docetaxel to ongoing treatment of men who have survived localised therapy for high-risk prostate cancer appears to confer no extra benefit, a study shows.

The French research showed that adding docetaxel to adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in men with biochemical relapse after primary local treatment does not improve radiological progression-free survival.