[Is there an indication for adjuvant or neoadjuvant systemic therapy in prostate cancer?].

In the meantime prostate cancer has become the most common malignancy in the male population. Due to the shift in age at the time of first diagnosis in favour of younger men with a high life expectancy and a maximum of physical and sexual activity it would be desirable to have neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy concepts at hand which lead to an improvement of therapeutic success. So far the results of studies for adjuvant and neoadjuvant hormonal ablation therapy concepts have not led to a clear therapeutic reference. Only before radiation therapy is neoadjuvant hormonal ablation a standard part of therapy at most centres. Existing data for chemotherapeutic concepts are limited to androgen-independent advanced prostate cancer. An international study using docetaxel as an adjuvant drug is currently being performed, but the results are not yet available.