Key sentence from the paper: “[A] combination of dutasteride+bicalutamide showed a favourable toxicity profile compared to LHRH agonists in regard to EPIC sexual summary, EPIC sexual function and EPIC sexual bother scores.”
Read MoreAre the hot flashes and night sweats experiences by men on ADT identical to those experienced by menopausal women?
Key sentence from the paper: “…The levels of concordance and relationships between [subjective and objective assessment of hot flashes and night sweats] in this sample of men were similar to those of women…during…menopause and following treatments for breast cancer.”
Read MoreDoes having prostate cancer increase the risk of breaking a bone?
Key sentence from the paper: “…All [men with prostate cancer] should be risk assessed [for bone health]… rather than singling out men with ADT as all men with prostate cancer have an increased risk of fracture.”
Read MoreIs soccer the solution to overcoming ADT side effects?
Key sentence from Uth et al (2014): “…football training improves clinically relevant ourcomes and thus may be considered as a recommendable alternative to traditional rehabilitation interventions.”
Key sentence from Bruun et al (2014): “…football, due to its cultural representation of masculine ideals, may be a potent and unique strategy for increasing recruitment and adherence to physical activity in prostate cancer patients.”
Key sentence from Uth et al (2015): “Compared to standard care, 32 weeks of football training improved [bone mineral density] at clinically important femoral sites and parameters of physical functioning in men undergoing ADT for [prostate cancer].”
Read MoreDoes ADT increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease?
Key sentence from the paper: “We… observed a statistically significant increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease with increasing duration of ADT...”
Read MoreAre the side effects of ADT with LHRH agonist drugs and surgical castration the same?
Key sentence from the paper: “…hormonal therapy was associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke.”
Read MoreHow long does it take for one's testosterone levels to recover after stopping ADT?
Key sentence from the paper: “More than half the patients who received long-term ADT did not experience recovery to normal testosterone levels at 5 years after cessation.”
Read MoreDo LHRH agonists, drugs like Lupron and Zoladex, increase a patient’s risk of getting a respiratory infection?
Key sentence from the paper: “…it might be time to address whether orchiectomy could be the more appropriate modality [than LHRH agonists like Lupron or Zoladex] for prostate cancer patients requiring androgen deprivation.”
Read MoreWhen should one start ADT following a rise in PSA after either surgery or radiotherapy?
Key sentence from the paper: “At now the most updated international guidelines EAU guide-lines (Heidenreich et al., 2013) underlines that intermittent androgen deprivation therapy should be widely offered to patients with prostate cancer in various clinical settings, in particular those patients who relapse after radiotherapy.”
Read MoreIs intermittent ADT as good as continuous ADT?
Key sentence from the paper: “...elderly men assigned to intermittent ADT had an increased incidence of ischemic and thrombotic events.”
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