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FinnProstate Group
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The FinnProstate Group (FP), or FinnProstate Study Group, is a group of scientific researchers in Finland who have conducted a series of clinical trials of treatments for prostate cancer.[1] The first publication by the group was in 1985[2] and the latest publication was in 2019.[3]
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The studies conducted by the FinnProstate group include the following:[1]
- FinnProstate-1 (FinnProstate-I; Finnish Multicentre Study of Prostatic Cancer) – ethinylestradiol 150 μg/day (1 mg/day initially) plus polyestradiol phosphate 80 mg/month (160 mg/month initially) versus orchiectomy for advanced prostate cancer[2][4][5]
- FinnProstate-2 (FinnProstate-II) – polyestradiol phosphate 160 mg/month (with or without low-dose aspirin) versus orchiectomy for advanced prostate cancer[6][7]
- FinnProstate-3 (FinnProstate-III) – cancelled
- FinnProstate-4 (FinnProstate-IV) – polyestradiol phosphate 160 mg/month versus buserelin (with cyproterone acetate 300 mg/day initially to prevent gonadotropin flare) in advanced or metastatic prostate cancer[8]
- FinnProstate-5 (FinnProstate-V) – cancelled
- FinnProstate-6 (FinnProstate-VI) – polyestradiol phosphate 240 month (320 mg/month initially) versus orchiectomy for advanced prostate cancer[9][10][11][12][13][14]
- FinnProstate-7 (FinnProstate-VII) – intermittent versus continuous androgen deprivation therapy for advanced prostate cancer[15][16][17]
- Other studies by the FinnProstate group[18][3]
Related trials
A related study, by the Finnish Zoladex Multicentre Study Group, assessed polyestradiol phosphate versus goserelin for advanced prostate cancer.[1][19] A British group also assessed polyestradiol phosphate 160 mg/month versus orchiectomy for advanced prostate cancer.[1][20] The SPCG-5 trial assessed polyestradiol phosphate 240 mg/month versus combined androgen blockade (triptorelin or orchiectomy plus flutamide) for advanced prostate cancer.[1][21][22][23]
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