JUNE 16: URO TODAY: Preventive measures against adverse effects and careful assessment of a patient’s baseline health status should be considered when using androgen deprivation therapy, say researchers in Texas. They found ADT is associated with an increased risk of skeletal fracture, incident diabetes, and cardiovascular-related mortality, although the absolute risk of these events is low. READ MORE>
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PROSTATE HORMONE THERAPY: Measures needed against bone fracture, diabetes, heart risks
Posted in AFTER EFFECTS, Bone cancer, Hormone therapy, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Salvage therapy, Testosterone treatment, Treatment debate, tagged advanced prostate cancer, androgen-deprivation therapy, baseline health status, cancer research, cardiovascular-related mortality, Hormone therapy, incident diabetes, Preventive measures, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, skeletal fracture, URO TODAY on June 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
PROSTATE RISK: Androgen therapy risks bone fracture, diabetes, heart problems
Posted in New prostate drugs, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Treatment debate, Treatment news, tagged advanced prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), cardiovascular-related mortality, incident diabetes, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, skeletal fracture on May 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
MED-SCAPE TODAY: Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is a common treatment for men with prostate cancer, but patients who undergo this therapy are at an increased risk for skeletal fracture, incident diabetes, and cardiovascular-related mortality. READ MORE>
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