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Decapeptyl

POM
Read time: 18 mins
Last updated: 07 Sep 2017
Published: 24 Jul 2020
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4.1 Therapeutic indications

Treatment of patients with locally advanced, non-metastatic prostate cancer, as an alternative to surgical castration.

Treatment of metastatic prostate cancer.

As adjuvant treatment to radiotherapy in patients with high-risk localised or locally advanced prostate cancer.

As neoadjuvant treatment prior to radiotherapy in patients with high-risk localised or locally advanced prostate cancer.

As adjuvant treatment to radical prostatectomy in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer at high risk of disease progression.

Treatment of central precocious puberty (CPP) in children 2 years and older with an onset of CPP before 8 years in girls and 10 years in boys).

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