Table I.

Clinical characteristics of the patients.

Pt. no.	Age (years)	Time of castration (months)	CAB	AA withdrawal	Previous treatment	Pain (1–3)	Other symptoms	Bone metastasis	Other sites of metastasis
1	50	45	Yes	Yes	Atrasentan	1	Difficulty urinating	Yes	Lymph node
2	75	7	Yes	Yes	None	1		Yes	Liver
3	40	6	Yes	No	None	3	Partial ileus, recurrent infection, fracture	Yes	Lymph node, liver, bladder
4	74	68	Yes	Yes	Prednisone	1		Yes	0
5	62	108	Yes	Yes	Prednisone	1		Yes	0
6	46	46	Yes	Yes	None	1		Yes	0
7	63	62	Yes	Yes	Predisone, bisphosphonates, Sendoxan	2		No	Lymph node
8	65	84	Yes	Yes	None	1	Edema	NC	0
9	62	36	Yes	Yes	None	1		Yes	0
10	58	56	Yes	Yes	None	1		Yes	0
11	59	104	Yes	No	Prednisone	1	Spinal cord, compression, weakness in arms and legs	Yes	0
12	70	106	Yes	No	None	1	Incontinence after TUR-P, lymphostasis	Yes	Lymph node
13	57	14	Yes	No	None	1	Urine retention, supra-pubic catheter	Yes	Lymph node
14	63	35	Yes	Yes	Prednisone	1		NC	Lymph node
15	62	79	Yes	Yes	None	1		Yes	Lymph node
16	55	15	Yes	No	None	2	Lymphostasis	Yes	Lymph node
17	59	17	Yes	Yes	None	1		Yes	Lymph node

TUR-P, transurethral resection of the prostate; NC, not confirmed; CAB, combined androgen blockade; AA, anti-androgen.