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316 questions · 326 findings · 27 reviews · Urology

No studies found 56 · 17.2%GRADE not reported 17 · 5.2%Very low 52 · 16%Low 115 · 35.3%Moderate 78 · 23.9%High 8 · 2.5%

Whole gland primary cryotherapy vs external beam radiotherapy (EBRT)

Time to death from any cause (absolute effects: overall mortality)

It is very uncertain whether whole gland primary cryotherapy changes time to death from any cause (absolute effects: overall mortality) compared with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Overall survival · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to higher overall survival compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Clinical progression · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to higher clinical progression compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Treatment failure · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to higher treatment failure compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Breast pain · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to higher breast pain compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Gynaecomastia · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to higher gynaecomastia compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Hot flashes · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to lower hot flashes compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Time to initiation of first subsequent therapy This outcome was not reported as a time‐to‐event outcome. Instead, authors of the trials reported the number of participants who received subsequent anticancer therapy after discontinuation of trial t... · people with a confirmed diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma (combined risk groups) without previous systemic anticancer therapy

The intervention may leads to lower time to initiation of first subsequent therapy This outcome was not… (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Phytotherapy vs Another topical agent or placebo

Prostatitis symptoms: 'responders' Number of participants with a 25% or 6‐point decrease in NIH‐CPSI scores · participants with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Phytotherapy probably leads to higher prostatitis symptoms: 'responders' Number of participants with a 25%… compared with placebo or other agents (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review