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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Individual variation of hormonal recovery after cessation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist therapy in men receiving long-term medical castration therapy for prostate cancer

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Pages 198-203 | Received 18 Feb 2005, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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